Meredith
- Originally from: Dardanelle
- Currently residing in: Bowling Green, Kentucky
- I've been on arkansasrockers since March 13, 2005
- Last updated on May 6, 2008 at 3:48AM my local time (4:48AM server time.)
In General
My mom still needs your good thoughts, prayers, and positive energies.
She is doing well so far. Her spirits are up, she looks great, and so far the treatments have not made her sick.
Garden dreaming.
Lately
I am editing interviews the students did this summer with Civil and Human Rights leaders from the area and turning them into podcasts. I was supposed to be working on these for weeks now, but that’s another story. As I am sitting here editing, I keep thinking about how the term ‘Civil Rights Leader’ is so misleading because we associate that term with only with famous people. Only one of the people the students interviewed was famous. Everyone else was just an everyday kind of person who fought for something they believed in for themselves and for the people who came after them.
I am currently editing an interview with Al Moses. His family used to run the Southern Queen Hotel in Bowling Green. Here is my favorite line from that interview:
“You had to get involved in the struggle because it might just be the struggle that changes things.”
Four more days and I’m a free woman and a certified folklorist. My film screens on Wednesday and then Thursday I finish out my assistantship work….and then I’m done.
Crazy.
One of the grad students gave me a copy of her Sherman Alexie book tonight. She had wrapped it and everything. How nice is that? I will miss these people.
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Stand Against Hate: http://www.splcenter.org/center/petitions/standstrong/index.jsp?source=redirect&url=standstrongagainsthate.org
Check it out and put your name on the map.
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I used to be obsessed with checking Petfinders for a while:
http://www.petfinder.com/
Speaking of petfinder, anyone out there who is thinking about getting a dog….would you please consider adopting a homeless dog or cat rather than getting one from a breeder?
The pets in shelters are awesome and they are waiting for homes. If they don’t get homes they die. Just think what a different place the shelter would be if everytime someone wanted a dog they went and adopted a homeless dog rather than going out and buying one from a breeder. It would really make a difference. Okay, end of dog plea. It’s just that I used to volunteer at a shelter. I know what a difference it makes when people choose to adopt rather than buy. Also, if you have a dog or cat will you please spay or neuter your pet? It really helps with pet overpopulation.