Happy Birthday Sierra!!!

I Love Your Hair: Updated & Reposted from 2012

Below is my version of this video dedicated to my daughter and nieces.  GlennDL

 

 

“A little Muppet girl has started a sensation. The unnamed puppet with an afro sings a love song to her hair. ‘I Love My Hair’ debuted on the Oct. 4 episode of Sesame Street. It was posted on the show's YouTube page — and then women began posting the video on their Facebook pages. African-American bloggers wrote that it brought them to tears because of the message it sends to young black girls.

 

Here is the original Sesame Street video and story.
'I Love My Hair': A Father's Tribute To His Daughter

Joey Mazzarino, the head writer of Sesame Street, is also a Muppeteer who wrote the song for his daughter. Mazzarino is Italian. He and his wife adopted their 5-year-old daughter, Segi, from Ethiopia when she was a year old. Mazzarino says he wrote the song after noticing his daughter playing with dolls. "She wanted to have long blond hair and straight hair, and she wanted to be able to bounce it around," he tells NPR's Melissa Block. Mazzarino says he began to get worried, but he thought it was only a problem that white parents of African-American children have. Then he realized the problem was much larger. In writing the song, he wanted to say in song what he says to his daughter: "Your hair is great. You can put it in ponytails. You can put it in cornrows. I wish I had hair like you." That simple message has caused an outpouring of responses from women. Mazzarino got a call from an African woman who told him the song brought her to tears. "I was amazed, 'cause I sort of wrote this little thing for my daughter, and here this adult woman, it touched her," he says.

Mazzarino says he's happy to report that Segi loves the song — and her hair.”

2021: Penalizing Black hair in the name of academic success is undeniably

racist, unfounded, and against the law

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An Update on Jodi’s Condition:

Its pick on Jodi day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Jo’s Birthday Dinner:

On Facebook the other day she said she wasn’t going outside again until the temperature was greater than her age… well that’s going to be a sweaty day.

reposted from 2010   Is it 81 years old or 82? -click the arrow to start/restart the slide show-  

Puppy dumped in laundry bag, left outside in cold

“Just wanted to share a press release from the Humane Society that went out today.  This is what I got to deal with on my first shift closing down the building.  Staff was originally going to leave much earlier in the day so I offered to stay until noon so that volunteers could come in to work.  We ended up hanging out longer than that - thankfully we did or this could have ended up a much different story.  I named her Krissy Eve and she is such a sweetheart.”                    Kelly

Humane Society of Indianapolis asking public for help in identifying vehicle

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Indianapolis, IN - A tiny puppy confined inside a laundry bag was dumped outside of the Humane Society of Indianapolis (IndyHumane) on Christmas Eve, and the organization is asking for the public's help in identifying the owners of the vehicle.

The puppy was dropped off outside of IndyHumane (7929 N. Michigan Rd.) at approximately 12:30pm on Friday. Surveillance video shows a dark-colored Jeep Commander pulling up outside the shelter. Two men, a woman and a juvenile exit the vehicle. One of the men, wearing light baggy jeans, a black hoodie and a ball cap then removed a laundry bag from the trunk of the vehicle, left the bag outside in the cold and drove away. IndyHumane staff saw the people acting suspiciously from the window and immediately went to investigate the contents of the bag. They discovered a small female mixed-breed puppy inside. After making sure the puppy was safe, staff named her Krissy Eve [pictured].

IndyHumane is asking for the public's help in identifying the owners of the vehicle: abandoning an animal in Indianapolis violates city ordinance. According to Sec. 531-402, Abandonment of animal: "It shall be unlawful for a person to abandon any animal on public or private property in the city, and a violation of this section shall be punishable as provided in section 103-3 of this Code; provided, however, a fine imposed for any such violation shall not be less than two hundred dollars ($200.00). Actions taken by colony caretakers in accordance with this chapter shall not be considered abandonment of an animal."

"While we are grateful that the puppy was brought to IndyHumane, and we were fortunate to discover her before she froze to death, it was cruel to transport her in a dark bag and leave her out in the cold. She could have easily died," said Christine Jeschke, Director of Operations for the Humane Society of Indianapolis. "The plight of homeless animals in our community is significant, and we need the community's support to help give these animals better lives."

If you have information about the vehicle or the people who dumped the dog, please contact the Humane Society at 317-872-5650 x 0.  Donations to help care for Krissy and others like her can be made at the shelter or online at IndyHumane.org. The Humane Society of Indianapolis invests $600 - $800 in the average care of animals like Krissy.

 

About IndyHumane: The Humane Society of Indianapolis is the leading voice for the welfare of animals and improving their quality of life. IndyHumane is the first choice in  providing direct services for shelter cats and dogs, including adoption, foster home placement, behavior training, appropriate medical care, and affordable spay/neuter services. As the voice for the animals, IndyHumane brings together like-minded animal-focused individuals and groups to educate the public about animal welfare issues and concerns. For over 100 years, it’s all about the animals.

A private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that receives no public or private government funding, the Humane Society of Indianapolis is Indy-based and independent, and  is supported solely by contributions, grants, bequests, investments, and adoption and service fees. For more information and current adoptable animals, visit http://IndyHumane.org.

courtesy of Kelly