Friday's Child Is Loving And Giving: Raise! Nourish! Encourage! FOSTER!!!!

FOSTER

to promote the growth or development of; 
further; 
encourage: 

to foster new ideas; 
 to bring up, raise, or rear; 
to care for or cherish; 
to feed or nourish.

Besides a bunch of great words, there are thousands of reasons to foster.  

Here's one - a gentle giant (82lbs),  SUPER MELLOW, sleeps a lot, loves all dogs and cats and needs a place to crash for a few days so he doesn't have to go to the shelter....

Here's a couple of more reasons to foster:  They're all under 15 pounds so studio apartments would be perfect!

But sometimes fostering means you GET loved more than you GIVE love.

Meet Rihanna.

She's a 18-month-old pittie mix with a freckled coat and a ton of love to give. She's not great with other animals so she needs to be the only pet in the house, but she's a huge snuggle bug and amazingly sweet with every human (including kids!) that she meets. 

She loves to give kisses and snuggle in your lap. Plus, she's house broken! Rihanna is about 45 pounds and currently at Social Tees in the East Village. If you can foster Rihanna starting tonight or want more info, please call 917-612-4163 asap! THANK YOU!!!!

WHAT'S FOSTERING, YOU WONDER?!

Fostering lasts a few weeks, and Social Tees can provide supplies if you need them.  Fostering is SUPER important because it's much healthier for our animals to be in homes than in cages, and it expands our shelter virtually.

AND for every cat and dog that is placed in a foster home, Social Tees can pull another out of the kill shelter. So if you are an animal-lover with commitment issues, FOSTER!!!

For more info on fostering, email samantha.socialtees@gmail.com or check out our FAQs here:

Do you want to meet these guys and all the other great pups and kitties at Social Tees, but you're stuck at your desk during the week? Then come to the weekend events at Petco / Union Square!!

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CONTACT SAMANTHA:
samantha.socialtees@gmail.com

Social Tees
325 East 5th Street, NY, NY 10003;
5-7pm Monday to Friday
12-4pm  Saturday and Sunday at Petco at Union Square
212-614-9653;
socialteesnyc.org

Company

Growing up, I had only seen geese in children books and maybe on one of the Central Park ponds.  Later, when venturing out of New York, sometimes at one of those New Jersey turnpike rest stops or along a fast interstate,  I'd catch a glimpse here and there.

So, just blocks from home, in that massive empty lot destined to become exclusive living spaces for very rich people, to see those two swim together was like something out of a movie that had special effects.

Somehow, in the midst of an inhospitable world they had found, however brief it might be, a home.  Watching them, I too felt that, for however brief, I had too.

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A Neighbor

photo: T. Krever

It all started when we asked if the synagogue was a church or a synagogue or both.  He told us the whole history, plus everything else.  Growing up on St. Marks, he had stories.

"I'm 71 now, was 10 then, so you know how long ago that was."

Jewish math, I told the Mariner later.

We stood on the corner of 7th and First, complaining about everything, arguing about the important stuff and gossiping about the two old men brothers who had run the 9th Street Bakery. He knew them.  They had curly hair.

And finally with good-byes, worried that we had turned our backs on where we all came from, an urgent invitation even if the synagogue was Orthodox, we should come in, everybody was there, it was as beautiful as it had been 90 years ago.

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Another Sunday Memory, Another Mother's Day

daughter Florence and mother Sophie

She said they fought a lot but they also laughed hard.  Still, it seemed like her eyes constantly searched for home in her mother's face.

Her mother also seemed to be constantly searching for home.  But somewhere else, far, far away and long, long ago, maybe in another country maybe at a different time maybe only in her hopes and dreams.

daughter Claire mother Florence

I gave up and picked up a camera.

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FRIDAY'S CHILD IS LOVING AND GIVING: AND CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS!!!

 There's a reason Friday's Child is now a part of Her New York, if only to say thank you.

AND THEY LIVED 
HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!!!

Two blissful years ago, Ami adopted Timmy (then Lorax), and the love bugs have been two peas in a pod since! Ami takes Timmy everywhere, and she simply can't imagine life without him. They just celebrated their two-year anniversary! Happy anniversary, Ami and Timmy! May you continue to grow and learn together for years and years and years...

WANT SOME PENNIES FROM HEAVEN?? 

BECOME A FOSTER PARENT!

Social Tees need temporary homes for its cats and dogs!!!! 

PENNY THE PITTIE NEEDS A FOSTER HOME! 

PLEASE HELP!!!

What a star! Penny is about two years old, 45 pounds, and nothing but cuddles. 

She's extremely sweet and affectionate, a great jogging partner, and house broken! She needs to be the only pet in the house -- she does not get along with other dogs or cats. If you're a one-pet kind of person, this girl is the PERFECT match for you! She'll steal your heart with her kisses and happy wiggles.

This pretty little pup desperately needs a new foster home STARTING NOW! 

If you can foster Penny or want more info on her, please call 917-612-4163 or email SOCIAL TEES at samantha.socialtees@gmail.com asap. And PLEASE SHARE!

WHAT'S FOSTERING, YOU WONDER?!

Fostering lasts a few weeks, and Social Tees can provide supplies if you need them.  Fostering is SUPER important because it's much healthier for our animals to be in homes than in cages, and it expands our shelter virtually.

AND for every cat and dog that is placed in a foster home, Social Tees can pull another out of the kill shelter. So if you are an animal-lover with commitment issues, FOSTER!!!

For more info on fostering, email samantha.socialtees@gmail.com or check out our FAQs here:

OH. MY. GAWD! 

BAMBI THE KITTEN IS AS SPUNKY 

AS A BABY MONKEY!

She's just as cute and curious, too. This ridiculously adorable little girl is brand new to Social Tees and has already stolen the show. She scampers up and down the bars of her cage and loves to wrestle with any kitty (or hand) she can get her paws on. She's got a gorgeous speckled Tortie coat and awesomely huge eyes. 

Bambi gets along great with other animals -- in fact, she needs to go to a home with another playful cat that she can romp and roll around with.

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Do you want to meet these guys and all the other great pups and kitties at Social Tees, but you're stuck at your desk during the week? Then come to the weekend events at Petco / Union Square!!

**
CONTACT SAMANTHA:
samantha.socialtees@gmail.com

Social Tees
325 East 5th Street, NY, NY 10003;
5-7pm Monday to Friday
12-4pm  Saturday and Sunday at Petco at Union Square
212-614-9653;
socialteesnyc.org

Before Summer Began

The fountain was still on.
 
We  visited ...

something felt like it worked today but I felt that feeling 

last year the third rewrite, the fifth,

and that draft was shit spent two 

years on this I'm getting it out 

there the eight CDs, the 

new gig he just thinks it's 

distracting me from I read it out

loud and he said it worked that dog is wearing boots

...keeping company on the long road.

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They were maybe sixteen years old and definitely not breaking up.

She had practically collapsed, looking at her iphone.

Watching him comfort her, pushing her hair away to stroke her face, pointing down the street that  spoke of a plan to make things better, hugging her, holding her when she burrowed deeper into his embrace... I thought who says you're too young to know what love is?

You know when you put your arms around someone because you want to make it better.  You know when you bury your heartbreak into those arms and feel better.