Jan 5
I was going to post a photo of Violet after she died. It looks just like this one, taken shortly before she died, but her tongue is slightly protruding. But then I thought some people might find that upsetting, which is odd after all of the gruesome images we’ve seen.
Over the last couple of years, I’ve been thinking a lot about why people go vegan and why they don’t. I stopped blogging largely because I couldn’t possibly make it a priority, but also because
SITUATIONS MATTER: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World (Riverhead 2011) by Sam Sommers, like the recent other nonfiction books I’ve read (and who am I kidding? The last novel I read was THE LIFE OF PI, and before that . . .
THE POWER OF HABIT: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (Random House 2012) by Charles Duhigg is important for people transitioning away from the use of animals as well as people who study social movements.
“Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior” (Pantheon 2012), by theoretical physicist and bestselling author Leonard Mlodinow, is the perfect read after Hal Herzog. Herzog explained that people say one thing and do another, particularly when it comes to animals . . .
He’s 79 pounds of muscle, he sports a tuxedo, he’s got gorgeous teeth (a first for the hounds in our house) and he’s very shy. And afraid of men. On the upside, he’s a mellow youngish guy (he turns four…
There she is . . . my girl. She has beaten the odds and made it another year. The life expectancy of greyhounds is 12-15 years. If they’ve . . .
Saturday was the one-year anniversary of the tragic death of my Charles Hobson Booger, III and it got me thinking about how easy he . . .
I’m constantly asked about the details of Baby Sky’s life. Where does she get her protein? How are her bones going to grow without cow’s milk? You mean she’s never eaten bacon? Are you a communist? At Baby Sky’s 15…
It’s fascinating, how what 98% of Americans do with their children is called “parenting” and “guidance.” It can also be referred to as “transmission of culture,” with its handing down of the trappings, rituals, holidays and even mutilations of religion…
I was going to change Animal Person to Vegan Atheist 40+ Parenting and come back to blogging. Doesn’t have a ring to it at all, but a young man at Whole . . .
Hal Herzog’s “Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression, we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences…
Apr 7
Vegan education/advocacy for animals is easiest for me when I know my audience. And by “know,” I mean I have a relationship with them and/or I understand what drives them, what they appreciate and what they can tolerate. From there,…
Apr 5
Being featured on ARZone’s worldwide Live Guest Chat has reinvigorated my thinking about a couple of topics (here’s the transcript). And then I read the “OMG!!!!!OED!!!!!LOL!!!!!” in today’s New York Times, and I couldn’t resist posting. A couple of years…
I’m honored to have been asked to be interviewed at the next worldwide Live Guest Chat hosted by ARZone. Questions must be submitted to Carolyn@ARZone.net by midnight GMT on Wednesday. Here’s the link to the page, and I hope to…
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