Tag Archives: Maine

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 11 24 2023 The Luxury of Language

“Sell a country?! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?” ~ Tecumseh. The celebration of Thanksgiving always leaves me conflicted.  Who can possibly object to the concept of being thankful, of declaring appreciation for all […]