With the elections on November 7th, Danica Roem became front page news. What I love most about her is that she took on someone who spent his life demonizing people like her, and taking away rights from people like her. She had had enough when he decided that he should[…]
Mike and Dan
Going Vegan (Part III)
If you don’t die and you stay vegan, you eventually end up having spent years of your life being vegan. This has been the case with me. Before I knew it, I had been vegan for 21 years and was about to turn 51. Veganism has changed, or evolved, quite[…]
Big love to Mexico City and beyond
This post is specifically to the people of Mexico affected by the earthquake. I have had a love for Mexico and her people almost all of my life. That love catapulted yesterday as I watched hundreds of people, probably thousands, leave their homes and jobs to stand in line to[…]
Vegan for the animals: some thoughts
As I ecstatically watch the number of vegans grow substantially, I see all kinds of people deciding to go vegan for a variety of reasons. I love that, and thought it was a good time to put out there again why I am vegan. Simply put, I want to have[…]
Easy home cooking vegan style
The idea of cooking meals at home rather than going out to eat could be met with a simple “of course” from some while being completely foreign to others. And to clarify, cooking in this post means actually cooking, not putting something frozen into a microwave. I have a long[…]