Tag Archives: Wales
FMM 1 6 2023 Higher Ground
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” ~ Albert Einstein. If all things were equal, I would live within sight of mountains. Anyone who knows me, knows this about me. I was born in a city (Manchester, UK) which is not far from the Pennines, a chain of hills that separate […]
FMM 11 25 22 Metamorphosis
“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” ~ Lao Tzu. When I was a teenager, one of my sisters, who was already in nursing school, came home to Jamaica to visit. She brought presents for us, and mine was a big, shiny, coffee-table type illustrated book of […]
FMM 2 19 2021 A Layered Life
“My legacy is that I stayed on course… from the beginning to the end, because I believed in something inside of me.” ~ Tina Turner. I do not bake. Not that I haven’t tried, I have, but like many perfectionists who are also blessed with impatience, when I did not get the expected results on […]
FMM 7 31 2020 Code Switching
“The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. For many of us foot-loose travelers, the last few months of home confinement have been quite a punishment. Yet even as we express that, we feel a little guilty, aware of […]
FMM 7 12 19 Taken for Granted
“Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.” ~ Louie Schwartzberg. I am neither a sun-worshiper nor a frequent beach-goer. As a child I have two sets of memories of going to the beach. In my early years in the UK, beach meant a cold and usually rainy campsite within walking distance of […]
FMM 12 28 18 Perhaps Inevitable
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” ~ Charles Dickens. It has been a memorable week, and a week of memories. We spent one day sauntering (sauntering at brisk pace though, it was quite chilly) through the city center of Manchester, the city I was born in (but […]
FMM 9 14 18 Change the Lens
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau. Wales is known as the land of song. It is the land of my forefathers too; both of my parents were descended from men and women that lived in that historic piece of the United Kingdom. It is a […]
FMM 8 26 16 Road Trip, Baby!
“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike”~Maya Angelou. Before my family moved to Jamaica, our annual vacations began with a road trip. My parents would pack up whatever old jalopy we owned (one was the ‘orange monster’!) with camping gear, supplies for a month, and five kids. The journey was made slightly […]
FMM 1 1 16 One World One People
Guest FMM by Jabari I Powell “I hate math, but more accurately – I do not love division.” ~ #JonesGeneHumor HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Today is the beginning of a New Year, a symbol for new beginnings. Often on this day we resolve to make our own personal changes and hope to keep true to them […]
FMM 9 4 15 My Cup it Overflows
“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” ~Karl Barth. I can’t complain. These past few weeks have given me many moments to be thankful for the life I live. Last week I visited my family in the UK – and was able to soak in the beauty of wild wild Wales, the mysterious mountains, the […]
Friday Morning Messages 