Nov 29
You’ll get the irony of this fuzzy bit of culinary activism (vegan vanilla cake with strawberry filling and vegan cream cheese frosting) taken in my suburban home with the reminder of ahimsa in the background if you choose to read…
Nov 24
Billie commented on a bull riding post from January of this year, writing: “And whos [sic] to judge someone for what they enjoy as long as it is legal!” (I had condemned bull riding and stand behind that.) Let’s deconstruct….
Nov 22
CharlesCamp1 from Mary Martin on Vimeo (which it looks like I’m going to have to upgrade to improve the picture). Dr. Newest Vet sent this to me from yesterday’s day at “camp” for Charles. His gait has improved dramatically from…
Nov 21
My husband has two friends (a male/female couple) who are transitioning from vegetarian to vegan and I also have two friends (both women) who are transitioning from omnivore and all are dreading Thanksgiving. The conversations with family and friends have…
Nov 19
This is my darling 83-pound red fawn greyhound, Charles Hobson Booger, III who has been lame for about a year. (Click on the photo for a much better version.) Our latest attempt to make him a bit more comfortable and…
Nov 18
Why all the quotation marks? Because I’ve been thinking about the evolution of my own thinking–and languaging–regarding animal rights. Both animal rights groups and animal welfare groups use “compassion” frequently. Then again, so do people who kill animals for a…
Nov 16
Frequently, when I read Steve Best, I feel guilty. “He’s talking about me,” I say to myself. Though I’m not a Francione-style abolitionist, and much of what Best writes isn’t directed at me, plenty of what he writes is. And…
Nov 15
Our guest this weekend, Jackie, is transitioning to veganism. Her hurdle, you might not be surprised to learn, is cheese made from the milk of cows. She eats cow cheese daily. Wrongheadedly, I was excited to make her nachos-her favorite…
Nov 14
My inbox this month has informed me that November is Vegan Awareness Month! And Diabetes Awareness Month. And Adoption Awareness Month. Who knew November was such a potentially-informative month? Here’s my attempt to bring it all together in an Animal…
Nov 13
Last week I ventured a couple of hours north to see Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home at the Orlando Film Festival. The turnout was fantastic and the Q&A had to be cut short so the audience for the next film…
Nov 12
Chris from Beijing wasn’t able to comment (Animal Person is blocked in China) but he did write me to say he looks forward to Jonathan Safran Foer’s sequel to Eating Animals . . . Not Eating Animals. Though I haven’t…
Nov 1
First I have to say that my husband and I were in our courtyard last night, with wine, vegan pizza with shiitakes, portobellos and chanterelles (still working through that five-pound bag of Daiya cheese), and Diana Krall playing. It was…
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