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FMM 2 9 2024 Larger than Life

“Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.” ~ George Eliot. I don’t know how old I was when I went to my first funeral.  I know that it was not a requirement, even though my father was the minister of the church. But I was probably a teenager and a […]

FMM 3 11 2022 Existential Advocacy

“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe. I always thought I had a pretty good vocabulary. Until I went back to school in my fifties.  As the youngest of the family, I listened and learned from those older than me.  I had access […]

FMM 3 4 2022 Artivism

“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” ~ Stella Adler. The power of the poet is their ability to crystallize and synthesize diverse situations into a few lines that leave a lasting impression.  I don’t remember when it was that I learned about a couple of English […]