<div dir="ltr"><div>Outstanding! Thank you All!</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Mary Laura Jones</div>
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<div><a href="mailto:mljones2022@gmail.com" target="_blank">mljones2022@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM Ellie Stock via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-size:16px"></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Thanks Milan (and Catherine)--have forwarded this to others!</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Ellie <img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f642.png" width="16" style="padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;"><img title="Emoji" alt="Emoji" height="16" src="https://s.yimg.com/nq/yemoji_assets/latest/yemoji_assets/1f30e.png" width="16" style="padding: 0px 2px; vertical-align: middle;"></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><a href="mailto:elliestock@aol.com" target="_blank">elliestock@aol.com</a> </font></div><div style="font-size:16px"><br></div>
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On Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 02:05:47 PM EDT, Milan Hamilton via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:
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<div><div id="m_-6164294781771770889ydp75c21bd7yiv6657303327"><div dir="ltr"><div>Catherine Welch is responsible for this. She replied to my poem with "this needs music to go with it. So I went to one of my collaborators and tried to find a vibe that would give it a steady yet unconventional beat. The ghazal's incessant repetition of certain words or phrases and rhyme scheme built into the couplets seemed to emphasize to me the importance of being faithful to our constitution and yet have the rest of the lines go in different directions. While it is addressed to the main co-conspirators of destruction, maybe it will also complement our impetus to action as we seek "A Path Forward."</div><div>(I hope it's ok I included the pictures you all posted, as well as some from the hundreds of places joining in the April 5th event-I'm sending it as a Google Drive link as well as a link to my YouTube channel))</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://youtu.be/q1uybXFUHVI" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/q1uybXFUHVI</a></div><div><div style="font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:sans-serif;width:386px;min-height:20px;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);margin:6px 0px;padding:10px;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XRNDML-q7qor2Gmw3oHJsXuF8YEX9Chk/view?usp=drive_web" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);display:inline-block;max-width:356px;text-decoration-line:none;border:none" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: none; padding-right: 10px; min-height: 20px;" alt="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="vertical-align:bottom">Hands Off Our Democracy.mp4</span></a></div></div><div style="width:386px;min-height:20px;background-color:rgb(245,245,245);margin:6px 0px;padding:10px;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:20px;font-family:sans-serif;border:1px solid rgb(221,221,221)"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XRNDML-q7qor2Gmw3oHJsXuF8YEX9Chk/view?usp=drive_web" style="color:rgb(32,33,36);display:inline-block;max-width:356px;text-decoration-line:none;border:none" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align: text-bottom; border: none; padding-right: 10px; min-height: 20px;" alt="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/doclist/images/icon_10_generic_list.png"> <span dir="ltr" style="vertical-align:bottom;text-decoration:none">Hands Off Our Democracy.mp4</span></a><img style="padding-left: 10px; width: 50%; float: right; display: none; max-width: 0px;"></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Mellow Milan Hamilton<div>80 North Center Street</div><div>Redlands, CA 92373</div><div>Phone: (909) 943-1667</div><div>email: <a href="mailto:mellowmilan2@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">mellowmilan2@gmail.com</a></div></div></div></div>
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