Tag Archives: rain
FMM 9 19 2025 All we need is Hope
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness” ~ Desmond Tutu. Manchester, England used to be famous for its rainfall. Having lived there as an adult for three years, over 40 years ago, I can attest to there being lots of grey sky, frequent rainy days, quite a […]
FMM 11 17 2023 Comfortably Numb
“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.” ~ James Russell Lowell. I have been thinking about flooding this week. Not surprising really, as once more my neighborhood and many more in South Florida were inundated with torrential, persistent, rainfall. The type of rain that makes you want to stay in bed, […]
FMM 6 4 2021 Message in the Sky
“Music is the message of peace, and music only brings peace.” ~ Zubin Mehta. I don’t know when I first realized that my father could be many things to many people. On Sundays he was ‘Parson’, solemnly conducting the church service; bellowing out hymns with his strong tenor voice; quietly leading the church in prayer; […]
FMM 10 23 2020 Hard Rain
FMM 10 23 2020 Hard Rain “Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.” ~ John Updike. For the past two days it rained solidly as I drove in to work (yes, we are partially working on campus, following guidelines, masks in place). It was […]
FMM 10 25 19 Falling
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” ~Howard Zinn. I don’t have many memories of changing seasons from my childhood. Perhaps, before global warming, the weather in England went from cold and rainy to cool and rainy! I am sure I must have seen the autumnal colors, resplendent in oranges […]
FMM 2 5 16 Roots and Culture
“The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell” ~Zora Neale Hurston. Jamaica is a land of contradictions. It is however a special place, with unexpected beauty, and a people of unsurpassed talent. You may only get a glimpse of this if you stay securely inside an all-inclusive […]
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