{"id":370,"date":"2012-01-15T00:33:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T07:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/mlk-venice-and-tokyo"},"modified":"2021-04-03T23:54:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T05:54:09","slug":"mlk-venice-and-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/mlk-venice-and-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK, Venice and Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the long Martin Luther King Day weekend coming up, I know a lot of quilters who will be spending the day sewing up a storm. I'd like to send out a special hello to our friends in the many African-American quilt guilds, as we observe the accomplishments of MLK, and the inspiration he left behind. I try to explain to my children about the Civil Rights movement, and the struggle against injustice. So I am grateful that we have a day to honor MLK, although his work is far from finished. I am also grateful that we live in a world where families can adopt across racial boundaries, make friends and play in multi-racial neighborhoods. MLK's work continues, but I am glad to be alive and see how far we've come. <\/p>\n

If you haven't seen my first batch of photos from Venice<\/a>, be sure to check it out on my photo page<\/a>, or my Facebook Color and Design page<\/a>. I'm working on the next batch this weekend. It is a lot of fun to share these images – and I hope you'll find the colors and art an inspiration.<\/p>\n

Hey guess what? I didn't have plans for next weekend, so I used my mileage points to get a ticket to Tokyo this week<\/a>! I am leaving Weds and will be at the show Friday. I am also working on traveling up to the coast to see what it looks like now, 10 months after the tsunami hit<\/a>. Not sure yet if and how that will happen but I'm working on a plan for next Saturday – a week from today. I don't know if it is possible to get to the little village where we distributed the 2155 quilts that you donated<\/a>, but I want to go and see in person what is happening on the coast now. We'll see ….I'll let you know in my midweek Creative Nudge as my plans come together. <\/p>\n

And of course, after the trip, I'll have some wonderful photos from the Tokyo Quilt Festival<\/a>!<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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