Tag Archives: journalism
FMM 10 30 2026 Such a Luxury
“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.” ~ Thurgood Marshall. Nursing was my chosen profession, I chose it at a very young age. I had a ‘dress-up’ costume with a cape, an apron and a cap. […]
FMM 6 16 17 Pause for a Poem
“Peace goes into the making of a poem as flour goes into the making of bread.”~Pablo Neruda. I traveled through London the day of the Moorgate Disaster, a crash of an underground train (London’s Tube) that killed 48 people. In fact I traveled by tube that day. My friend and I had to get across […]
FMM 2 24 17 Challenge your Assumptions
“You must stick to your conviction, but prepare to abandon your assumptions.”~ Denis Waitley. One of the first riddles I learned to tell was (and this is better spoken than written): “What is black and white and red (read) all over?” The answer was a newspaper. I grew up in a household that read newspapers religiously. […]
