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Ever since Angela announced the RSC color for June, I started noticing pink everywhere.

Hot Pink Blooms

Kid Bike on a front yard

Even the Garbage was Pink

A lone blossom

It was as if these blooms and bicycle were not there before. They were gentle reminders to me - work on your RSC blocks, Preeti. But it was difficult to look at fabric with swollen and teary eyes.

Me: I cannot stop thinking about those 9 minutes.
Paul: Babe!!!
Me: It wasn't just an impulsive decision. It wasn't the pulling of a trigger that happens in a fraction ...

added by Preeti 3 years, 10 months ago. under ahmaud arbery , breonna taylor , bryan stevenson , dr. robin diangelo , equal justice initiative , george floyd , just mercy , picket star quilt block , police brutality , racism , rainbow scrap challenge , white fragility

The pandemic made Maya lose her mojo for sewing, she said.
Mari wrote that she was in deep despair.
I understood but did not share their despondency.
So we have to isolate. That is all. We quilters are good with that. Work and Play continued.
Paul supplied all the hugs and my life went on largely unaffected.

Infections soared and death toll hit an ominous milestone while lies and misinformation flowed fast and free. There was no news that was not directly or indirectly related to the pandemic - what led to it, who is responsible for it, how do we ...

added by Preeti 3 years, 11 months ago. under ahmaud arbery , black lives matter , covid-19 , excessive force , george floyd , kwame alexander , npr , pandemic , police brutality , racism , taking a knee

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