Blogs the ‘Must Reads’ Category
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
I was just over at Soul Veggie, where I read this:
One of the greatest opportunitities to live our values --- or betray them --- lies in the food we put on our plates.
I like reading sentences like this; they both articulate the message I try to live, and remind me ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
I have decided that life is too short not to enjoy. If I have the power and the means to fix the things about my life that make me unhappy, I should use them to do it. If I have a blessing, I should enjoy it, and be grateful for ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Went driving around our city today. Had to cross the river. So many businesses are flooded. So many homes damaged or ruined. Cropland swamped. Roads and bridges destroyed. Lives and careers set back.
I feel beset. Our economy is faltering (it is built on lies. ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
My one vegan coworker, with whom I share many environmental views, related to me a conversation she had with her boyfriend (who is a meat-eater) that went like this:
her: So, what are you gonna do for Earth Day today?
him: Ride my bike to work. You?
her: Eat vegan, recycle, and compost ...
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Sunday, December 9th, 2007
What is the hardest part of being a vegetarian for you / is there anything you really regret about being a vegetarian?
It’s a very counter-cultural thing to do, and it’s at times difficult to not be understood, especially by close friends and family. It’s difficult to explain to people ...
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
Early on in my vegetarianism (What’m I saying? It is early on in my vegetarianism! October 2007 marked my one-year veggiversary.) my friend Joe asked me some questions in an email about it for a school report. It was the first opportunity I had to flesh out some ...
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