It’s nearing the end of the year. It’s also apparent, given that we’ve passed December 21, 2012, that the world is not going to end as we’ve been promised it would by all sorts of Maya-Calendar-Believing people. Princess Nakamaru also clearly got it wrong, as we have not been plunged into darkness (unless you count . . . → Read More: A New Year’s Resolution That Makes Sense: Introducing “The Pushy Vegan Campaign”
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It’s no secret that the Chesapeake Bay is in serious trouble. One might say the bay is dying, and certainly parts of it are actually dead. Yet past efforts to “clean up the bay” have been hampered by the refusal of activist groups to place the blame where it belongs; namely, in large part in . . . → Read More: Finally, Some Truth Comes Out about the Chesapeake Bay You most certainly have heard of the ridiculous (and chilling) response by the USDA to the outrage over their initial endorsement of Meatless Mondays. In a nutshell, the USDA first approved of, and then denounced, this initiative which was begun several years ago and exists in a variety of different forms throughout the world, including . . . → Read More: Excellent Blog Post about Meatless Mondays At present, I’m on Smith Island with Aram where we lived for about three years while Pattrice operated the sanctuary herself and right before we relocated to Vermont. It’s a magical place, Smith Island. It’s the only inhabited island in Maryland that isn’t connected to the mainland by bridge (being, as it is, about 14 . . . → Read More: Time to Get Back to the Animals New from Animal Blawg, an EXCELLENT source of information, comes this description of one woman’s opportunity to teach a class of high school students about the obscenity — and ubiquity — of “farming” animals, particularly factory farming. She does an excellent job of laying out some “talking points” — ones we can all use when . . . → Read More: Check out this blog: The animal industrial complex: The monster in our midst Check this out: http://www.naturalnews.com/035372_Michigan_pigs_farm_freedom.html#ixzz1qN0B0sy2 While of course I’m thrilled at the prospect of carnivorous local farms being destroyed — and in fact, that is the only happy silver lining of THIS story — I am having trouble thinking too deeply about this situation, which is why I’m posting it here. Any time I can’t allow . . . → Read More: From the AR News: Michigan’s Bizarre Plan to Mass Murder Pigs on Family Farms Lately I’ve been ruminating, as I tend to do sometimes. It’s like having a running almost-unconscious dialogue in the back of my mind that comes and goes in intensity. My latest rumination has been about the whole “Vegan For Any Reason” movement gaining a strong foothold in the animal rights community. The basic argument is . . . → Read More: Vegan For Any Reason? Some Thoughts Don’t worry, I’m not going to get all family album on you. Anyone who’s read more than one of these blogs knows I’m not like that. However, I will just note that despite the caustic tone I generally bestow upon most human beings, I do have some humans in my life for whom I care . . . → Read More: My Sister: A Story About Veganism 
On Monday, January 16th, we had a vet put Snowball, an almost-19-year-old cow, to sleep. “Put to sleep” is a nice euphemism for “put to death,” because death tends to be hard for most humans to think about, and it’s easier to imagine someone going to sleep than someone going to . . . → Read More: We Will Miss You, Snowball If you are the sort to make New Year’s resolutions, which ones have you made that pertain to non-human animals? While it’s common to focus one’s efforts upon Improving Oneself (I will lose weight, I will read more, I will take an evening class), how about this year making at least one resolution that helps . . . → Read More: New Year’s Resolutions, Anyone? |
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