Tag Archives: Geography
FMM 5 22 2026 Spring Always Comes
“Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” ~ John Muir. When I first arrived in the US as a newly graduated nurse, I knew American History only vaguely. So I was floored when, in an encounter with […]
FMM 12 28 18 Perhaps Inevitable
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” ~ Charles Dickens. It has been a memorable week, and a week of memories. We spent one day sauntering (sauntering at brisk pace though, it was quite chilly) through the city center of Manchester, the city I was born in (but […]