Oct 16
Today’s photo is my first crack at vegan chocolate chip scones with the recipe from Colleen from Compassionate Cooks’ book The Joy of Vegan Baking. I could’ve left them in for another couple of minutes and browned them up a…
Oct 10
Remember that Saturday Night Live skit in 1988 that was a game show called “Jew, Not a Jew?” Well, now we have “Hoax, Not a Hoax,” starring a bunch of beagles and yours truly. Though beagles are often used in…
Oct 9
The following is from Terry Cumming of SleddogWATCHDOG.com. The Iditarod, Yukon Quest and greyhound racing use “man’s best friend” in the most unjust, hideous ways. I think we have a chance of abolishing these uses of dogs in my lifetime,…
Aug 3
“In a time not so long from now, practicing compassion will for many come to mean buying and eating happy meat, a purported win-win-win for the animals, the industry and its customers.” —-James LaVeck (September 2006) That time has come….
Jul 28
My friend Lynn, of Healthy Adventure, a travel company specializing in vegan and raw vacations to non-touristy areas, invited me to a potluck last night. I brought a Coconut Creme Pie that was the first dish to disappear. I can’t…
Jul 24
In case you haven’t heard, there’s an emergency at Peaceful Prairie, and they are in need of a cash infusion. The wonderful Michael Prejean offered to match up to $500, then I did the same. Please give whatever you can….
We here in Paradise have guests almost every weekend from November until April. Some folks didn’t get the memo, however, and the guests have continued. We currently have one (and will have different ones tomorrow) who didn’t believe I could…
May 12
The following photos were received from an anonymous source (and sent to Terry Cumming, who forwarded them to me of the Sleddog Watchdog Coalition) and requested that they be posted on the Sleddog Watchdog web site. The first two photos…
Apr 18
At the grocery checkout yesterday, with people bustling and chatting all around, the cashier asked if I would like to add a donation to the March of Dimes to my bill. I responded, “No way,” as if to say, “of…
Mar 22
In HSUS Horse Slaughter Myth is a Reality on March 15, I commented on an AP article by Jeffrey McMurray called Kentucky Overrun with Unwanted Horses. McMurray’s message was that there are thousands of starving, neglected horses roaming around Kentucky…
Mar 21
Glenn Beck, love ‘im or hate ‘im, took on the topic of Al Gore’s meat-eating ways in a rant that was accompanied by some powerful images toward its end of meat-eating-environmentalist-celebrity-types. He invited Matt Prescott of PETA to join him,…
If you recall, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) passed last November and was signed into law in December. Please urge your representatives to attend a briefing, TOMORROW, that will discuss issues of free speech and how the AETA now…
Mar 12
I missed Fast Food Nation when it was in theaters here for all of two weeks, so pardon the late review. All of the themes were redundant for the three people I watched it with; I can’t say there was…
I’m really enjoying this alphabet stuff. First the C-Word, then the F-Word, and now The S-Word: suffering. There are only two aspects of suffering I’d like to address, as they seem to be at the root of the welfare vs….
Dec 10
Animals Count is the name of a new political party in the UK, launched to “protect animal rights.” (I didn’t know they had any rights.) They won’t be using violent tactics, they want a total ban on hunting, and they…
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