Tag Archives: Jamaican culture
FMM 5 31 2024 My Life is About This
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”~ Saint Augustine. I suppose when you are relocated from the UK to Jamaica at age seven, then return to the UK after high school to study Nursing, then migrate to the US after Nursing School, it should not be surprising […]
FMM 3 29 2024 Killing me Softly
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” ~ Victor Hugo. Music has been a part of my life, probably since conception. When you grow up in the church, hymn singing is always going to be present, but in my family, we didn’t just listen to religious […]
FMM 11 15 19 Myth America
“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.” ~ Alice Walker. I picture myself as being a little contrary as a child. I am probably not unique in this, perhaps all children are contrary by nature, until it is ‘socialized’ out of us and we learn to be conformists (to behave). […]