Tag Archives: Billie HOliday
FMM 7 31 2026 Are we Redeemable?
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.” ~ Bob Marley, inspired by Marcus Garvey. I well remember the feeling of guilt after I had done something wrong (something bad!) as a child. My wrongdoing may have been minor, but at the time the feeling of guilt, of shame, was real. […]
FMM 2 11 2022 Healing Power
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.” ~ Desmond Tutu. I grew up hearing African freedom songs. In my early years as a child in Jamaica, there was no television. My parents had brought their eclectic record collection and a record player, and in the evening my father […]
FMM 2 14 20 Sing me a Song
“My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.” ~ Ray Charles. The road trips of my early childhood included many a song. My family had a repertoire of songs which distracted and entertained on the long journey which would take us from the city […]
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