Category Global health and disparities
FMM 6 10 2022 Blurred Lines
“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” ~ Maya Angelou. Growing up a white kid in the heart of Jamaica provided me with the most mind-expanding education you can be privileged to have. I was young enough when I moved there not to have many pre-conceptions, and since I was welcomed into […]
FMM 5 27 2022 Precious Sense
“All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche. My parents struggled financially, most of their married lives. They probably had more disposable income after they retired, than during their working lives. Of course, being a minister of the church was not a well reimbursed career, but […]
FMM 5 20 2022 Follow the Moss
“Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It’s about doing more good.” ~ Jochen Zeitz. I was a girl scout for a few years, as a child. I don’t recall us doing too many adventures; we were mostly confined to the spacious campus of our high school. I remember learning useful skills like (pause, […]
FMM 5 6 2022 No wrong path
‘Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.’ ~ Thich Nhat Hanh. The first time I went to Key West, it still had the sleepy quality of a fishing village. I was immediately in love. Four years before I had been living in Jamaica, and Key West […]
FMM 4 29 2022 Fight for the Right
“Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.” ~ Khalil Gibran. I can clearly remember the first time I wore pants – as in long pants, not jeans. I was young (less than eight, as it was when I was still living in the UK). In my memory the pants were plaid, but I […]
FMM 4 22 2022 Thank you for Thanking me!
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” ~ Carl Jung. Childhood is a time of puzzling mysteries. We try to make sense of our world, and of the complexities of human beings, of why things are, things that grown-ups seem to […]
FMM 4 8 2022 Sustainable Optimism
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” ~ Pablo Picasso. I am always amazed that my hand cannot produce what my mind sees. I love to draw, and frequently illustrate my lectures with beautiful sketches of human organs. My audience is not as impressed as I would hope. […]
FMM 4 1 2022 To Bear Witness
“Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.” ~ Khalil Gibran. I don’t remember the first poem I ever learned although I’m sure it was a ‘nursery rhyme’. One of my aunts gave me a book of poetry when I was quite young. It was entitled ‘The […]
FMM 3 11 2022 Existential Advocacy
“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe. I always thought I had a pretty good vocabulary. Until I went back to school in my fifties. As the youngest of the family, I listened and learned from those older than me. I had access […]
FMM 3 4 2022 Artivism
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” ~ Stella Adler. The power of the poet is their ability to crystallize and synthesize diverse situations into a few lines that leave a lasting impression. I don’t remember when it was that I learned about a couple of English […]
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