Tag Archives: England
FMM 10 25 19 Falling
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” ~Howard Zinn. I don’t have many memories of changing seasons from my childhood. Perhaps, before global warming, the weather in England went from cold and rainy to cool and rainy! I am sure I must have seen the autumnal colors, resplendent in oranges […]
FMM 10 4 19 Casting long Shadows
“Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.” ~ Pythagoras. I am not sure when I was introduced to philosophy or the great philosophers. I know my father used to ‘wax philosophical’ at the drop of a hat. I must have learnt about Socrates, Plato, and […]
FMM 1 2 15 A New Attitude!
“And there is no new thing under the sun” ~Ecclesiastes 1:9 I woke up this morning to the sound of a rooster crowing. This is unusual since I am currently in Bolton, a town on the outskirts of Manchester, England. As I enjoy my annual trip to the land of my ancestors, I am struck […]