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FMM 6 5 2026 Watch me!

June 5, 2026 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Children should have enough freedom to be themselves – once they’ve learned the rules.” ~ Anna Quindlen. I always knew I wanted to have kids, to have a large family. I had grown up as the youngest of five, then six (my informally adopted older sister came to live with us when she was seventeen), […]

FMM 11 8 2024 Our Better Angels

November 8, 2024 · by · in Food and health, Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“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

May 6, 2016 · by · in comfort, Food and health, Inspirational, transcendence, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

“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

November 9, 2012 · by · in Food and health, Global health and disparities, Inspirational · 1 Comment

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, […]