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FMM 7 5 2024 Off Grid, Off your Head?

“Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.” ~ Thomas Fuller. I have no recollection of my first severe weather event.  Growing up first in the UK, in Manchester, rain was an ever present fact of life.  But it was mostly the persistent, miserable drizzle kind of rain, raindrops so fine they could be more […]

FMM 8 30 19 Trains and Boats and Planes

“You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.” ~ Golda Meir. In 1963, the long journey across the Atlantic from the UK to Jamaica began with a long train ride from the north of England all the way down to the south coast.  As the youngest in the family, my responsibilities were few, so […]