<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">So sorry I spelled you name wrong Riantee 😔<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 23, 2024, at 1:29 PM, Judith Edwards via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Gorgeous Renate.. your poem brought to mind these Aboriginal women weaving in the following..<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-13/ngv-triennial-2023-mun-dirra-fish-fence-maningrida-arts-centre/103186786" class="">Making Mun-dirra - 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