Tag Archives: travel
FMM 8 30 19 Trains and Boats and Planes
“You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.” ~ Golda Meir. In 1963, the long journey across the Atlantic from the UK to Jamaica began with a long train ride from the north of England all the way down to the south coast. As the youngest in the family, my responsibilities were few, so […]
FMM 6 10 17 Fret not, nor fear
“In a time of destruction, create something.”~Maxine Hong Kingston. I have never been fond of scary movies. I prefer to escape into a light comedy, to be amused for a while. I remember accompanying a friend to watch a couple of movies that were outside of my comfort zone (Jaws, and Carrie). For her punishment […]
FMM 4 14 17 It Coulda Worse!
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”~Denis Waitley. They say travel broadens the mind. There is something about experiencing a place, a people and a culture far different to the one you are familiar with that helps to open […]
FMM 10 24 14 Year of Rebirth
“Ah but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.”~ Bob Dylan My daughter’s 35th birthday last weekend prompted my mind to scroll through pages of memories. Not only of her childhood, but of a watershed year, one that followed my own 35th birthday. For a start, I managed to get […]
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