Nov 17
Every Thanksgiving week, I get a handful of beautifully crafted messages about gratitude for all we have, including a gentle suggestion to help those less fortunate. Thankfully, at least one is usually from a vegan who is able to connect…
Nov 16
Yesterday on Ellen, she featured a Rocky Ridge Refuge, home of Lurch, whom you must see to believe. Janice Wolf runs the place and she appears to be doing fantastic work rescuing animals, most of whom were supposed to be…
Nov 15
One hundred “spent” free-range hens scheduled for slaughter arrived at Peaceful Prairie recently (see “Coming Home” and the video “”The Faces of ‘Free-Range’ Farming”. I’d post the video, but I’d rather you go to YouTube so it gets more hits.)….
Nov 14
In “Birder Admits Killing Cat, but Was It Animal Cruelty?” (and why is “but” the only word not capitalized?) in today’s New York Times, Kate Murphy reports that James M. Stevenson is on trial in Galveston, Texas for shooting a…
Nov 13
I’m keeping this post featured here for a while, until I think of something more interesting to do with it. Here’s the pamphlet (Download TCAAR5.pdf), and here’s my suggestion: If you like it, great! If you hate it, use it…
Nov 12
First, check out this kitschy cartoon about vinyl from the folks at the Center for Health, Environment and Justice. It’s silly, but you can forward it to clueless friends and it might be helpful to them. It also makes you…
Nov 11
People really don’t want to stop eating lobsters. I can thankfully say I’ve never eaten one, but perhaps if I had, I too would be on an endless quest to prove that they do not in fact feel pain when…
I spent the better part of a decade telling people what to do. I thought I knew what was best for them, the world, the people, the animals, and I was gonna tell them–unsolicited–what to eat, wear and buy, and…
Nov 9
The employer who gave me my first job, which put me through college and part of grad school, and whom I’ve known for 30 years, has experienced the most unimaginable series of events. It’s all very David vs. Goliath, with…
Nov 9
I wasn’t feeling well yesterday. What better time, than when you’re already miserable, to watch The Witness and Earthlings? Actually, I saw The Witness twice, as I sat my husband down and sort of made him watch it. I’m looking…
Nov 8
I received my holiday Oxfam brochure yesterday, complete with a smaller brochure inserted that has a man (barely) holding (up) a large sheep, whose life by the way costs $45, and who is “The most popular product.” The title is:…
Nov 7
Check out this video. And don’t say that Mary Martin is glorifying the use of horses. This is a Gray Matter that I discovered yesterday when Connie, from EquusEditorial wrote me about a blog of hers where she compiles lists…
There I was, with Emily at the homeopath, and I nearly forgot to ask her about the vegan cat thing. She asks if I’m still a vegan, if the dogs are still thriving as vegans, and then asks what I’m…
Nov 5
Because I’m just an individual and I don’t represent a group and I’m not endorsing any groups (as in: give your money to the 501[c]3 called X), and because I mention Gary Francione and no other abolitionist theorist, and because…
Nov 4
Check out the trailer for Blinders: The Truth Behind the Tradition, which is a soon-to-be-released documentary about the carriage horse industry. You can inquire about (large) private screenings at info@blindersthemovie.com. Peaceable Kingdom will be available in a couple of months,…
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