Tag Archives: travel
FMM 10 9 2026 A thing with Feathers
“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” ~ George Washington Carver. Ever since I was young, I have had a tendency to ‘overthink’ things. Before any upcoming event, or before going to a new place, my mind will begin to imagine the event, more than anticipation, it is almost a way to plan […]
FMM 9 18 2026 In a Different Light
“I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things.” ~ Mary Oliver. There are some memories that never leave. Although I learned that each time you remember something, you are actually remembering the memory, not the original event. So that, […]
FMM 5 29 2026 When the Wood is Green
“Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.” ~ Sophocles. Full disclosure: Having recently returned from a road trip that ended at 3:00 am a few days ago, I am still lagging. We traversed eleven states to our furthest destination, and returned through an additional five, seeing beautiful countryside, trees in full Spring-time greenery and blossoms, and avoiding […]
FMM 5 22 2026 Spring Always Comes
“Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” ~ John Muir. When I first arrived in the US as a newly graduated nurse, I knew American History only vaguely. So I was floored when, in an encounter with […]
FMM 3 27 2026 Disengoogled at Sea
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” ~ Saint Augustine. It is over sixty years since first I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, a child of almost eight, with my family. We were headed from the UK to Jamaica, to begin our life in a small town […]
FMM 7 18 2025 No Trouble
“Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division.” ~ John Lewis. One of the most important things we teach our children, in almost every culture that I know of, is to be polite, to have manners. Even before kids learn their […]
FMM 7 11 2025 Body Language Included
“Books and all forms of writing have always been objects of terror to those who seek to suppress the truth.” ~ Wole Soyinka. There is something in the light of a Jamaican pre-dawn. For those who leave a country and live away from it for many years (at this point, many decades), there are things […]
FMM 7 4 2025 Ode to Joy
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” ~ Emily Dickinson. After seven days of activities and events here in Jamaica that have produced so many moments of joy, I am not sure how I will report on them in just one post. But perhaps I can tempt your senses with […]
FMM 6 6 2025 Todo el mundo Bailando!
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” ~ Albert Einstein. I heard yesterday that there is a type of English known as ‘Miami English’. Unlike Spanglish, which freely mixes the two languages, switching mid-sentence from one to the other and then back, Miami English is predominantly […]
