I am always on the lookout for cruelty free and vegan personal care products. What does that mean exactly?
Well, it means that companies which produce these products:
1) do not test their products and the ingredients in their elixirs either themselves or by a third party, even when required by law.
2) do not use any nonhuman animals in their ingredients.
3) are not owned by a parent company that does either or both.
It is not a long list, but it is an …
My parents gave me a black Chinese fur coat when I was about nineteen years old. It was a totally unexpected gift and I was extremely surprised and thrilled. It was a sleek, black, knee length, simple design with hidden toggles. If I used nonhuman animal proverbs, I would say that I thought I was the cat’s meow when I was wearing it. I wore it everywhere, along with my black leather knee high boots and most likely, a leather …
Let me begin by telling you a story from my childhood.
From age eight to nearly seventeen I lived in a small town and attended Farnham Elementary School in the Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada. The teachers taught grades one to eight with two grades in every class. I loved the school and most of the teachers and delighted in the once a year Science Fair, even though I am not at all science oriented. Science was the name given to a …
I always intended this website to be about the daily experiences that affect, as well as reflect, my life as a vegan. My hope, almost a year later, still is to let people know that life as a vegan can be a little confusing, confounding, but well worth doing-well worth living. Standing on a pillar and pontificating is just not my style. Even though I understand and am saddened by the urgency of the matter, I still believe that the …
