I would so like to move on…dance forward, share with you the wonders of learning to dance at any and all ages. But each time I take a restorative leave of absence from the constant anxiety -producing breaking news to do this, I am thrown backward. Every day is becoming a breaking news day. Anxiety—domestic and international—increases exponentially, eroding bodily health on every level. I cannot keep up. As a cancer survivor well into my 7^th decade, I have had to repeatedly take a leave of absence to restore equilibrium to my body, mind and heart. Each time I get a period of remove and try to write, a new and horrifying event, emanating from this administration, occurs. This white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, lacking proper condemnation by the president of the land of the free, the home of the brave, is the latest.

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