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Art brings community together and promotes positive mental health, and we want to encourage community and creativity in this time of social distancing. Check out our #MotifVirtualGallery compilation page designed to showcase Rhode Island artists. If you like what they’re doing, consider making a donation through their preferred app, which appears below each piece.
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Cloth-based face coverings RI Department of Health (DoH) Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, following new federal guidance, advised everyone to wear cloth-based face coverings, such as bandannas, that cover the mouth and nose. Face coverings can be hand-sewn or improvised from T-shirts and scarves. These are not intended to protect the wearer but to prevent the wearer, […]
Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, head of the RI Department of Health, today recommended that everyone wear cloth masks when in public. But it isn’t easy to find one. No problem! Keep it calm and sew on! If you’re missing some materials necessary that’s okay. Time to get resourceful. If you don’t have any fabric, use an […]
To talk about the whole situation, let’s bring the timeline back to before it even got started in China. On December 1, 2019, the first case was reported in Wuhan. On December 8, 27 suspected cases were found around the seafood market in Wuhan. At first, they said the virus couldn’t pass from human to […]
Dear C and Dr. B; Not sure if you have any advice on this, but I didn’t know who to ask. I work a job that keeps me away from home for at least 10 hours a day. Since the COVID-19 lockdown, I am working from home all day long, every day. The problem is […]
Donald Trump “I like conflict,” the president said Tuesday. “I like having two people with different points of view, and I certainly have that. Then I make a decision. But I like watching it, I like seeing it, and I think it’s the best way to go.” – Rebecca Ballhaus, “Trump Defends West Wing Turnover: […]
“Spring is here, the grass is riz, I wonder where the flowers, is? Spring arrived with a cluster of planets in Capricorn. These planets — Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto — in the horoscope of the arrival of spring fell in the 2nd and 3rd houses. The 2nd house pertains to money, the 3rd to […]
Wednesday morning, the Rhode Island National Guard Joint Task Force Guardian demonstrated one of the new “drive-thru” test sites opened to help meet Governor Gina Raimondo’s goal of testing 1,000 Rhode Islanders for the novel coronavirus each day. Three centers currently exist, one each at URI, CCRI and RIC. Each has the ability to process […]
Yo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Listen up to the Mama In her drama bout the change I’m feelin’ like an arrow Target ready / taking aim Some think I’m going crazy Yeah actin’ insane Damn right I got an attitude But let me explain I said Who-decided-the-rules To diss my clock To say-I-got-to-keep-tickin’ When I wants to tock To […]
I discovered the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, while wandering through Atlas Obscura one evening. Vintage dioramas on a 1:12 scale? Of mysterious death scenes? By the first female police captain? I was on my way to Baltimore. Witnessing these tiny, unique worlds in all of their macabre glory, I met the curator and guardian […]
You don’t have to make friends with your quarantine fifteen, dear readers. Alternate your panicky carb-loading with some greens dressed with just enough green to tamp down your rising anxiety. And if the below recipe doesn’t do it for you, go to motifri.com/cannabisrecipes2020 where you’ll find a killer recipes for canna cupcakes, s’mores bars, pie… […]
