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FMM 1 2 2026 Reflections
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton. One of the most annoying things we ask children is ‘What do you want to be when you grow up.’ I was reminded of that in a conversation with a four-year-old who, without being asked, […]
FMM 9 12 2025 How Free is Free?
“America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.” ~ Benazir Bhutto. Although I was old enough, I cannot say I remember where I was when Kennedy was killed. Our family had just moved to Jamaica, and I imagine […]
FMM 5 30 2025 Nothing at All
“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love – whether we call it friendship or family or romance – is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.” ~ James Baldwin. I was not a particularly self-confident child, although as to whether that was innate or learned behavior is a question […]
FMM 5 24 2024 A Ton of Bricks
“The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.” ~ Mark Twain. They say confession is good for the soul. I was an Elvis fan from early. You could say I had a celebrity crush on him, and even had a postcard sized head shot in black and white pinned on my […]
FMM 1 21 2022 On the Tiptoe of Expectation
“People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.” ~ James Baldwin. My father was a minister (parson, preacher) by education and vocation, but became a teacher when we moved to Jamaica. He had two jobs, his charge of three churches, and to be chaplain and parttime Bible Knowledge teacher at the high […]
FMM 9 4 2020 Pocomaniac
“Like clouds and winds without rain is the man who brags about gifts he never gave.” ~ Proverbs 25: 14. I have always been attracted to things that are a little quirky, off center, not the norm. I blame my father, he was the one who taught me to see life from a slanted perspective, recognizing that […]
FMM 5 29 2020 No Jestering
“Let justice roll down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.“ ~ Amos 5:24 and Martin Luther King Jr., (Letter from the Birmingham Jail). Growing up and attending a school in Jamaica (as in any country associated with the British Colonial past) included studies in ‘Bible Knowledge’ (BK, or some variation on that name). […]
FMM 2 14 20 Sing me a Song
“My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.” ~ Ray Charles. The road trips of my early childhood included many a song. My family had a repertoire of songs which distracted and entertained on the long journey which would take us from the city […]
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