Tag Archives: democracy

FMM 11 8 2024 Our Better Angels

“The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.”~  Saadi. I have no memory of this, but when I was quite young (our family was still living in England at the time), I stood in front of our black and white television and yelled: “Stop talking about Mr. McMillan!”  He was the […]

FMM 5 6 16 Cold Comfort Clichés

“Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.” ~Norman Ralph Augustine. I learned more about muscle groups and their functions in the gym than I ever did in nursing school.  To be honest, forty years ago, my hospital based nursing school had a system designed for you to learn on the wards, caring for real live […]

FMM 11 9 12: Let the healing begin

I hope everyone had their seat-belts tightly fastened over the past few weeks in the USA – it has been a wild and crazy ride! From loud and nasty political fights, to weird and wicked weather patterns, we have been on a roller coaster together. Whether you were personally impacted by any of the events, […]