Tag Archives: guilt

FMM 12 5 2025 The Duty of Delight

“Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.” ~ John Ruskin. For those who love Jamaica, but who live in the diaspora, these past four weeks or so have been difficult.  While life goes on as usual, there is, always, at the back of one’s mind, at the corner of one’s eye, […]

FMM 7 24 2020 It Never Happened

“A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.” ~ Albert Camus.   I am not sure if I have ever publicly confessed to two sins of my childhood. In one case, the person most affected is still alive, and so I have the opportunity to beg forgiveness (finally).  In the […]

FMM 3 30 18 Embouldered

“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.”~ Charles Dickens. In high school one of my favorite subjects was geology. Having decided I wanted to be a nurse, I was basically free to specialize in the subjects of my choice, as the entrance requirements to nursing school […]