Tag Archives: Frederick Douglass
FMM 7 3 2020 Raw Soul
“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.” ~ Frederick Douglass. Upstate New York is an idyllic place, a place of woods and hills and dappled light. There are place names that reveal the original owners of the land, along with […]
FMM 8 8 14 The Joy of Parenthood
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” ~Frederick Douglass I often joke that it is easy to blame your parents for everything that you think is wrong with you, until you have children of your own. Then, all of a sudden, you realize that it is not that easy being a […]
FMM 7 11 14 Disconnect
“They say the world is spinning around; I say the world is upside down.” ~ Jimmy Cliff. There are times when the world just does not make sense. Last week one of my students explained that she was late because of traffic. On the main street in front of the college, traffic had been […]
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