Tag Archives: North Wales

FMM 9 29 2023 Strange Emotion

September 29, 2023 · by · in Global health and disparities, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.: ~ Lois McMaster Bujold. I don’t know when my love of the outdoors, of nature, of mountains and trees, rivers and lakes began.  I was born in the grey city of Manchester, England, before the clean […]

FMM 6 3 2022 Sandhill Cranes and Manatee

June 3, 2022 · by · in Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do.” ~ Benjamin Spock. One of my enduring memories is of a dream I had as a child. We were driving through the night to get to our summer vacation home. That sounds a lot more glamorous than it was. As poor church mice, we had […]

FMM 2 26 21 Tugging at my Band-width

February 26, 2021 · by · in Food and health, Inspirational, transcendence · Leave a comment

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~ George Bernard Shaw. I have some memories from early childhood that I am not sure if they are actual memories.  I once heard that the only true memory is the first time you recall something.  After that, you are […]

FMM 10 30 2020 Evocation

October 30, 2020 · by · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment

“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” ~ Albert Camus. When I was a child, before the family moved to Jamaica, we would spend each summer by the beach.  Before you picture some idyllic tropical island paradise, hold that thought.  This was in North Wales, we […]