#1100 + 24 June 2022 + SHOCK + WE WILL RISE!

The 21st century is on the ballot.

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24 June 2022

Roe v Wade was OVERTURNED

Sinister
Gobsmacking

SHOCK

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‘We’re done’:

Chaos and tears as an abortion clinic

abruptly shuts down

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/24/abortion-clinic-dobbs-supreme-court-roe/

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The color of shame is indelible.

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The

DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE January 6 HEARINGS

AND THEN

2day the SUPREME COURT

drops

THIS vicious cruel

abusive

BOMB.

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🍊’s

legacy of lies

+

🍊’s choice of complicit abusive liars

has shaped America

into

AmeriKa

and

an

outlier.

Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller, to Trump: “I want to thank you for the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court yesterday.”

Make sure everyone sees this.
pic.twitter.com/BkV28QQK6z

— Really American 🇺🇸 (@ReallyAmerican1) June 26, 2022

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The gobsmacking shock:

 SCOTUS’ decision

was NOT surprising.

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THIS

Supreme Court

is a

politicized + weaponized

🍊

  Supreme Court.

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I could NOT have children

because of massive x-ray radiation

thus a need 4 abortion was never a need.

I am PRO-LIFE,

that is,

I am PRO-HUMAN RIGHTS.

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Women’s LIVE bodies

are

SOVEREIGN.

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Me and a Permanent Black Magic Marker

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American

women’s

HEALTH

complex / personal / medical

CHOICE

over their

OWN

sovereign bodies

is

now

illegal.

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 My state MINNESOTA is now a refuge 4 women.

🍊’s politicized + weaponized supporters will come after them.

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🍊Republicans,

Clarence and Ginni,

Neil, Brett and Amy

are excited

to

overturn

settled precedent human rights laws

4 more human rights abuse.

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The 21st century is on the ballot!!!

The right-wing court wants to lock 21st-century America

into the Founders’ world

or,

at the latest, the late 19th century,

conveniently skipping past the parts of history

that disfavor its cramped view of individual rights.

Women, minorities, gay people and others once

had little political, economic or social power.

And so they will again, if the court gets its way.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/26/supreme-court-attack-midterms/

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What

conservative justices

said about Roe

at their confirmation hearings

Most justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday

told the Senate at their confirmation hearings

that the decision was settled precedent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/24/justices-roe-confirmation-hearings/

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DEMOCRACY IS A LIVING VERB

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GinkgoWINGS:RISERISEIRISEWEWILLRISERISE   Catherine L. Johnson  2014

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/ginkgo-wings-portfolio-2013-2014-ginkgo-wings-riseriseirisewewillriserise-2014-ginkgo-symbol-of-hope-tenacity-profound-endurance-maria-callas-sempre-libera-la-traviata/

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WE

WILL

RISE

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#1099 + 19 JUNE 2022 + ‘JUNETEENTH’ by Stanley Cowell + FATHER’S DAY / my DADDY

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JUNETEENTH  by Stanley Cowell

We shall 2
Introduction
Proclamation
Reality Dreams Echoes
Anticipation of the coming of freedom
Commentary on Strange Fruit
Nostalgia for homelands
Proclamation interruptions
Darkness transforming
Finale
Resolution
Ask him
Juneteenth recollections

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FATHER’S DAY / my DADDY

Richard Harold Johnson

 

my DADDY

I was 6 1/2 years old when he was killed in a car accident.

Decapitated at the wheel.

I felt the shock of his death in my little girl body.

The thunderstruck in my heart awakened me

– and I told my brother, Billy.

I was wearing plaster casts on both legs.

Daddy fought hard for my life.

My body /heart/ soul KNOWS the actions of his love, his protective love, his upholding love.

I was his.

I kept his name: JOHNSON.

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#1098 + 9 June 2022 + ‘PINE TREE: INFINITY’ 2004 Catherine L. Johnson + ‘The whole world is a sacrament’ + honoring my late Mother’s 94th birthday

Doris Eileen Cottor Johnson Omlie 

9 june 2022

 Honoring My late Mother’s 94th Birthday

 

 

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Nature is a mirror

for the soul

and 

for God

– this mirroring changes

how we see

and

experience reality.

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The whole world is a sacrament.

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RISE!

RISING!

riSING!

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Pine Tree INFINITY 2004 Private Collection

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May 2022

The private collector

of

Pine Tree: INFINITY

 announced their intention to

donate this work

to a

Minnesota

children’s hospital or museum.

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 9 June 2022

beautiful concurrence: my late Mother’s birthday

The private collector, Dr. Michael Spencer,

and

I, the artist,

are exceptionally pleased to

announce

Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain

https://midb.umn.edu/

will be the permanent home

offering the beauty of

Pine Tree: INFINITY!

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The original painting

will be installed

at the

entrance to MIDB

and

serve as the

WELCOME!

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This announcement is singularly a

poignant,

powerful,

and

remarkable full circle for me,

the artist.

I lived from six months to three years

at the same location of MIDB

which was once

Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.

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Please note:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2021/07/24/1022-24-july-2021-91f%f0%9f%8c%9e-ipromisetotell-re-set-ad-just-ad-apt-i-see-you-i-am-here/

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/08/01/disability-disrespect-can-you-play-the-violin-equally-to-itzhak-perlman-no-does-that-mean-you-are-disabled-what-is-essential-is-invisible-to-the-eye-the-little-prince/

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Please click on the PDF below:

MOM_DADDY_12_QUESTIONS_FOR_SHRINERS_HOSPITAL_FOR_CRIPPLED_CHILDREN_1958

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For inquiries, please email:

catherineljohnson@earthlink.net

 

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#1097 + HERO HER/O + MEMORIAL DAY 2022 + ‘in the service of another’

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VETERANS DAY

 HONORING OUR HEROES

HONORING OUR HER/OES

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There are TWO key factors

underlying the grand acts of heroism

that involve a risk of personal harm:

risk-taking behavior

and

generosity.

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People who risk their lives

in the service of another

are naturally more likely

to take greater risks

and

they also possess a great deal of

compassion,

kindness,

empathy,

and

altruism.

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1st Lieutenant William Henry Johnson

Uncle Bill

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Letter to my Daddy, Richard Harold Johnson, sent by his cousin Harold Kulp.

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2019/05/27/863-memorial-day-2019-bebraveiwillsingtoyou-respect-honor/

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Uncle Bill’s B17 – shown above

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Please click to read the PDF:

13 APRIL 2019 Johnson’s Corner Uncle Bill 1st Lieutenant William Henry Johnson

 

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SEeSEaSHIP #12                                                               Catherine L. Johnson  2017

 

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#1096 + ‘CHALKBOARD: AR15 Robb Elementary School UVALDE TX’ 2022 Catherine L. Johnson + Has the slaughter of children in schools by assault weapons become an American institution, a citizen’s right, a political platform? + Mama MAMA! + DYSTOPIA

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CHALKBOARD: AR15 Robb Elementary School UVALDE TX  Catherine L. Johnson  2022

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Hush, little baby, don’t say a word,

Mama’s gonna buy you a mockingbird.

And if that mockingbird don’t sing,

Mama’s gonna buy you a diamond ring.

And if that diamond ring turns brass,

Mama’s gonna buy you a looking glass.

And if that looking glass gets broke,

Mama’s gonna buy you a billy goat,

And if that billy goat doesn’t pull,

Mama’s gonna buy you a cart and bull.

And if that cart and bull turn over,

Mama’s gonna buy you a dog named Rover.

And if that dog named Rover won’t bark,

Mama’s gonna buy you a horse and cart.

And if that horse and cart fall down,

well you’ll still be the sweetest baby in town.

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https://danieldefense.com/

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PLEASE WATCH:

impact of assault weapon on a child’s body

WARNING: GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION 

Those who oppose gun control: WATCH.

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AMERICA! 

BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS!

NO

Mama’s child will be able to

BUY

an assault weapon.

NO

Mama’s child will be killed

by an

ASSAULT WEAPON.

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

MAMA / mamá children

and

2 teachers who loved children.

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you’ll still be the sweetest baby in town.

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“Guns are all over GOP ads and social media,

prompting some criticism”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/31/republicans-guns-ads-posts/

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#1095 + 23 May 2022 + Birth ANNIVERSARY + step OVER / LEAVE behind / travel ON + REVELATIONS!

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23 May 2022

a beautiful day in Minnesota 

 

Birth ANNIVERSARY: 

Jane P. Matteson

 aka 

beloved anam cara friend

OPEN HEART adventurer!!!

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 LOVE LIVING LOVE

 

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This framed picture of my forever friend,

Jane,

GREETS me

every morning! 

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Our connections in relationships, 

feeling safe + belonging,

 is

 transformative, luminous, truth-telling, and transcendence. 

Balm + exodus.

 FAITH. 

Blessings/blessed to find those can hear one’s music,

reciprocate

+

play WITH. 

Call + response. 

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GRACELOVE!!!!!

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ALLTHETHINGSYOUARE #3                        CATHERINE L. JOHNSON 2014

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/08/29/allthethingsyouare-i-x-portfolio-summer-2014-catherine-l-johnson/

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Missouri Botanical Gardens: AWEWONDER BEAUTY!

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THANK YOU

Kath + Ron

4 the St. Louis adventure

and 

the MARVEL + BEAUTY

of being WITH your family

and

WITH their families!!!!

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GR8FUL 2 and 4:

Emily who cared for my Zachary

joining Emily’s Winston (Zachary’s K9 buddy) + her lil Harper,

Maria who drove me to the airport,

and

Steph who picked me up from the airport right after midnight

– on Jane’s birth ANNIVERSARY!

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My FIRST time away for a DECADE

following NINE consecutive years

of

reconstructive orthopedic surgeries

woven with thread bare resources.

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Jane’s radiant life force was called up to join mine,

and

I flew away WITH and 4 ALIVE love, ADVENTURE

and

returned with the LIVED experience

of

EXODUS!

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My ALWAYS gratitude 2:

my CHERISHED

heartsoulbrothers and heartsoulsisters

(YOU know WHO you are)

  K9 RIVER WALK

and

Jane’s beloved family!!!

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HOPE

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https://www.amazon.com/Bread-Journey-Daybook-Wisdom-Faith/dp/0060663596

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#1094 + ‘WHITE TULIPS’ 2022 Catherine L. Johnson + REPLACEMENT + BREAKOUT – leaving cloistered life 2day!

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PRESENTING

original drawings:

‘WHITE TULIPS’

left / center / right

Catherine L. Johnson

2022

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original drawings:

‘WHITE TULIPS’

left / center / right

Catherine L. Johnson

2022

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white Caran d’Ache pencil on heavyweight periwinkle blue paper

Each original drawing measures:

26″H x 18.5″W

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NOTE:

SPARROW

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/sparrow-fly-my-heart-free-catherine-l-johnson-2010-deafening-despair-call-and-response-the-sparrow-is-a-symbol-of-the-beloved/

SPARROW FLY MY HEART FREE Catherine L. Johnson 2010

+

DEAFENING DESPAIR + CALL and RESPONSE

+

“The sparrow is a symbol of the beloved.”

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‘A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE’    Catherine L. Johnson   2022

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#1093 + MOTHER’S DAY 2022 + For ALL WOMEN who shaped and nurtured HEARTS – offering a SAFE nest… + ‘BE BRAVE’ LULLABY

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My Mother’s Garden                                                        Catherine L. Johnson   1998

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A LULLABY for the HEART of ALL Women and ALL Children       Catherine L. Johnson 2022

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For ALL WOMEN

who shaped and nurtured HEARTS

with 

GRACElove, kindness, faith, hope

– offering a SAFE  nest

when HEARTS are vulnerable

needing tenderness, a caress, and understanding.

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Mother’s Day 2022

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BE BRAVE_LULLABY_ CATHERINELJOHNSON_2015

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‘A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE’

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2022/04/24/1092-%d0%ba%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%ba%d0%b8-%d1%81%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%86%d1%8f-cries-of-the-heart-%d0%bc%d1%83%d0%b6%d0%bd%d1%96%d1%81%d1%82%d1%8c-courage-%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b4%d1%96%d1%8f-hope/

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Mother’s Day

First lady Jill Biden visits Ukraine in rare trip to war zone

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/08/jill-biden-ukraine/

UZHHOROD, Ukraine — First lady Jill Biden crossed the border into Ukraine on Sunday, traveling to an active war zone in a rare move for the spouse of a sitting president.

Biden entered the country from Slovakia on Mother’s Day and met Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, who had not appeared in public since the Russian invasion began Feb. 24.

“I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” Biden said before the start of a closed-door meeting between the two first ladies. “I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop, and this war has been brutal, and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine.”

Zelenska praised Biden “for a very courageous act” in coming to Ukraine.

“We understand what it takes for the U.S. first lady to come here during a war when the military actions are taking place every day, where the air sirens are happening every day, even today,” she said in Ukrainian through an interpreter.

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For my Mom, my late Mother, my FOREVER

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#1092 + крики серця / cries of the heart + мужність / courage + НАДІЯ / HOPE + ‘A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE’ + MINNESOTA’s Kramarczuk’s: May 7th and May 14th

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SUNDAY

UKRAINE

24 April 2022

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крики серця / cries of the heart

 мужність / courage 

НАДІЯ / HOPE

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Twin Cities

a collective raising funds collaboration:

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‘A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE’

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The 14″ W x 11″ H poster

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The 17″ H x 11″ W poster

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100%

all  proceeds

for

HUMANITARIAN AID

to

UKRAINE

via

KRAMARCZUK’S

Minnesota’s Ukrainian American community

has organized a dedicated initiative to support Ukraine

https://kramarczuks.com/

https://m.facebook.com/Kramarczuks/

215 East Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55416

Phone 612-379-3018

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 NOTE:

ADDED Saturday DATES:

May 7th and May 14th

11am to 3pm

of

artist SIGNING the posters

at

Kramarczuk’s

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SATURDAY

Kramarczuk’s

23 April 2022

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 Grandmother of an Ukrainian family who fled Kyiv.

Her home was bombed and destroyed.

She drove 48 hours to Hungary

with her grandchildren

including a one month old infant

  and

her daughters

in her car.

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Putin’s bombs fell during and upon their escape route.

 She is shell shocked – traumatized.

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She was gifted 

by my friends who assisted me, Steph and Jan,

a poster 17″ x 11″

– image of the sunflower paper cutout and my lullaby poem.

🇺🇦🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🇺🇦

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey – Ukrainian heritage (left),

artist (center),

co-owner of Kramarczuk’s Mike Gordienko (right)

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Lena, immigrant from Ukraine / married to Vladimir 

Vladimir, immigrant from Ukraine / married to Lena / my MedCab driver

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2022/02/25/1080-stand-with-%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%a6ukraine%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%a6-smite-autocrat-putin-russian-militarists-smite-trumptraitors-of-democracy/

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12 April 2022

Featured in Minnesota’s StarTribune newspaper:

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-artist-sells-sunflower-poster-at-kramarczuks-to-raise-funds-for-ukraine-relief/600164281/

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14 April 2022

Kramarczuk’s Sausage Company

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/1090-a-twin-cities-collaboration-a-lullaby-for-the-heart-of-ukraine-100-of-proceeds-for-humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine-%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%a6hope-empathy-action%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%a6/

To view Minnesotans’ and Americans’ response

regarding

 ‘A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE’

on the Senator’s updating Instagram and FB, please click below:

https://www.instagram.com/amyklobuchar/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/amyklobuchar

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=543493437132827&set=a.420881562727349

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For the back story/catalyst and the organized collective collaboration of:

A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE

please click on link below and scroll down:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/for-art-collectors-designers-exquisite-beautiful-impeccable-site-specific-fine-art-prints-esteemed-artist-catherine-l-johnson-master-printer-mark-jones-arts-district-imageworks-inc-2/

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SUNDAY

MINNESOTA

24 April 2022

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HOPE

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https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2022/03/20/1088-20march2022-first-day-of-spring-hope-faith-renewal-wingcouragebreath-isla-elizabeth-a-lullaby-for-the-heart-of-ukraine/

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#1091 + HOLY MONTH / PASSOVER / EASTER + RE-BIRTH RISE + RESISTANCE RESOLVE RESILIENCE + ‘A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE’ + EXODUS + FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

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It is said that the

Hutzuls–Ukrainians

who live in the Carpathian Mountains of Western Ukraine

– believe that the fate of the world

depends upon the

PYSANKA.

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‘As long as the egg decorating custom continues,

the world will exist.

If, for any reason, this custom is abandoned,

evil will overrun the world.

If the number of pysanky created each year is low

the chains of evil are loosened

and

evil is free to wander the earth causing havoc and destruction.

If, on the other hand,

the number of pysanky has increased,

the chains of evil are tightened

and

good triumphs over evil for yet another year.’

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Twin Cities

collective collaboration:

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‘A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE’

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/1090-a-twin-cities-collaboration-a-lullaby-for-the-heart-of-ukraine-100-of-proceeds-for-humanitarian-aid-to-ukraine-%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%a6hope-empathy-action%f0%9f%87%ba%f0%9f%87%a6/

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To read the press release, please click below:

PRESS RELEASE A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE

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12 April 2022

Featured in Minnesota’s StarTribune newspaper:

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-artist-sells-sunflower-poster-at-kramarczuks-to-raise-funds-for-ukraine-relief/600164281/

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limited edition posters signed by the artist, Catherine L. Johnson

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Kramarczuk’s Sausage Company

https://m.facebook.com/Kramarczuks/

215 East Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55416

Phone 612-379-3018

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Dates/ Time

Saturday, April 9   11am to 3pm

Saturday, April 16   11am to 3pm

Saturday, April 23   11am to 3pm

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100%

all  proceeds

for

HUMANITARIAN AID

to

UKRAINE

via

KRAMARCZUK’S

Minnesota’s Ukrainian American community

has organized a dedicated initiative to support Ukraine

https://kramarczuks.com/

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The Kramarczuk family

with Orest in the middle wearing a medal

for winning the national “America’s Classics” award.

https://www.audacy.com/wccoradio/news/local/owner-of-kramarczuks-say-russia-cant-defeat-ukrainian-soul

 

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The 14″ W x 11″ H poster

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The 17″ H x 11″ W poster

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For the back story/catalyst and the organized collective collaboration of:

A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE

please click on link below and scroll down:

https://catherineljohnson.wordpress.com/for-art-collectors-designers-exquisite-beautiful-impeccable-site-specific-fine-art-prints-esteemed-artist-catherine-l-johnson-master-printer-mark-jones-arts-district-imageworks-inc-2/

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Nearly two-thirds of Ukrainian children displaced by war, U.N. says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/12/unicef-children-displaced-ukraine/

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Over 100 empty strollers

were placed outside the Lviv city council building

on March 18, 2022,

to highlight the number of children killed

in the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Alexey Furman/Getty Images

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OHCHR

Ukraine: civilian casualty update 20 April 2022

https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2022/04/ukraine-civilian-casualty-update-20-april-2022

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Moms in Poland leave strollers for Ukrainian moms crossing the border

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14 April 2022

Kramarczuk’s Sausage Company

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar

To view Minnesotans’ and Americans’ response

regarding

 ‘A LULLABY for the HEART of UKRAINE’

on the Senator’s updating Instagram and FB, please click below:

https://www.instagram.com/amyklobuchar/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/amyklobuchar

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=543493437132827&set=a.420881562727349

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