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FMM 1 10 2025 Stardust and Stories

“All autobiography is storytelling; All writing is autobiography.” ~ J. M. Coetzee. I have spent the year so far in what I like to call ‘the land of my rebirth’.  Having been born in the UK and moved to Jamaica at age almost 8, I came of age here.  It is a place both beautiful […]

FMM 8 17 18 Out for the Count

“Without music, life would be a mistake” ― Friedrich Nietzsche. Fridays used to be mental arithmetic day when I was in primary (elementary) school in Jamaica.  It was a special day anyway, a good half of the students had to stay home to help with the chores, so there was space to spread out on the […]

FMM 3 25 16 Signs and More Signs

“Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.”~Friedrich Nietzsche.  The human race is hung up on symbols.  We judge each other by the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, the color of our skin.  We make instant decisions about total […]