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Jerry and Savoonga

Humans of Richmond recently ran across Jerry and Savoonga:

“Well — I originally lived in New York, but umm, I lived in Colorado most of my life and Idaho. And I came to Richmond — I was passing through and I saw the Visual Arts Center advertisement about making art and stuff — ‘cause i do jewelry. And I did this piece right here. It’s a piece, it’s called ‘man with a heart.’

And umm, I’ve been on this block for five years. And it’s beautiful — I’ve seen this neighborhood change drastically, you know?

And I think that Richmond is starting to come to its core of umm, say reality — as far as people are concerned and economics and that kind of thing. Businesses coming in, you know? No longer having that stigma of being a place where drugs and all that happening, you know? That’s not happening — especially in this part of the neighborhood. Yeah, I really enjoy Richmond… I really enjoy it.”

“He’s a Siberian Husky with a little wolf in him — and his name is Savoonga.”

Sah-boon-gah?

“S-A-V-O-O-N-G-A. And it’s from an island that’s between Alaska and Russia and the English name is called St. Lawrence. But in Eunuch, it’s called Savoonga. And that’s how I gave him his name.”

35 comments

Mandy 10/26/2014 at 7:54 AM

I love Jerry and Savoonga! Both Jerry and I share the burden of recovering from tearing our Achilles Tendons while having highly demanding Huskies. Glad to see you back out and about again!

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Dave Seibert 10/26/2014 at 11:31 AM

Jerry! Good to see you.

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MikeO 10/26/2014 at 2:04 PM

One of the nicest (and coolest) Gent’s you could ever meet. His laid back, congenial personality and artistic talent are just some the qualities that make him such a great neighbor. Please thank him for his brave Service to our country next time he & Savoonga cross your path. See you at the 522 Badminton court (w/beverage) Jer!

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mary anne 10/27/2014 at 4:45 PM

You couldn’t have picked a better person(& dog) to profile!!! He is one of my favorite people of all time and I’m so lucky to have them as neighbors!

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