Welcome, ~ Ximopanoltih!
Finally! We are so excited to share Cloud Women’s Quarterly Journal ~ Summer 2021 Edition, Vol. 17, with you. We never want Summer to end, so this year, we’re coming to you late Summer, hoping to extend our favorite time of the year.
We were also hoping that by now, we could say we had most of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us because, no matter what you really believe about this tragedy, that’s what all of us want. For COVID to be a thing of the past. And while we could sit here for hours and point fingers and speculate on whose fault it is that over 600,000 people have gone on to the Spirit World, we won’t. Many of us have lost people we love and care about, and if we haven’t, we still hold our breaths just thinking about what might happen later today or tomorrow. Whose relative might go next?
So with all that said, we implore you, please, go do it — if you have not been fully vaccinated — go as soon as possible. If you don’t do it for yourself, do it for all the millions of people (so many of them children) who are at risk and can not be vaccinated. This is not about your body, your choice, though ironically, many of those who are spouting this slogan are also the ones who believe women should not have the right to choose what happens to their bodies when it comes to abortion laws.
Maybe that’s why we don’t want Summer to end because even if many of us are still not visiting relatives or friends, we’ve been more outdoors in nature this season. This has been a time to enjoy being outside, which has been so good and healing.
This is also a time of much grief, uncertainty, and worry, but we at Cloud Women’s Quarterly and our sponsor Cloud Women’s Dream Society know that art and beauty help heal the soul. So please enjoy these offerings of absolute beauty from our hearts to yours.
It is a pleasure to curate this journal, and we encourage more women to send us their writings, interviews, recipes, and artwork.
Happy rest of the Summer, everyone, and please remember to follow the protocols to stay safe. Wear your mask, and practice social distancing, and always — perform random acts of kindness every day.
Ma Xipactinemi, (Be Well)
Odilia Galván Rodríguez, Editor
p.s. The deadline for submissions to the Fall issue of CWQJ is October 2, 2021. Thanks to Redearth Productions & Cultural Work for sponsoring our submissions process. Please go there to submit work. Our issues are loosely themed on the four seasons. We accept articles, interviews, essays, poetry, short fiction and creative non-fiction, original artwork, herbal and natural remedy recipes, food recipes, and, yes, political commentary on what’s happening in our world. Tlazohcamati — Thank You! 🌳
