Tag Archives: technology
FMM 8 21 2026 Oh What a Tangled Web
“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” ~ Mary Oliver. The other day I read something that immediately clicked. The piece spoke about people who have no opinions for themselves, but merely repeat what they hear other people say. I recognized that, since, as a teenager, I waited until I heard my […]
FMM 10 31 14 Push Pause
“We do not heal the past by dwelling there. We heal the past by living in the present.”~ Marianne Williamson. We are addicted to technology. Yesterday, I asked two different groups of students what something meant, and suggested that they look something up. In both cases, a student immediately reached for their phone, not […]
FMM 6 7 13 Beyond 1984
‘Big Brother is watching you’ ~George Orwell. Technology is amazing. When I started working as a nurse in this country, in order to control the rate of an intravenous drip we had to stand and count drops per minute. You would then be able to work out how many mL per minute, and thus […]
FMM 5 10 13 Lift up your hearts
“See something, say something” Yesterday evening I did something I have not done for years. I got caught by one of South Florida’s tropical downpours. Now the rain itself is not unusual. I was in the Student’s Union of a local university, and was about to leave when I saw the rain. It was not […]
