If you live in North America as I do, fall is in the air. That crisp smell of leaves turning on the trees, the cool early mornings and evenings and the autumn crops coming in signal the unmistakable change of the season and the impending winter. Strawberries, raspberries, cucumbers and tomatoes give way to nature’s bounty of colorful squashes, apples, sweet potatoes, beets, carrots, onions and the last of the summer peppers.
Cooks and diners alike turn their thoughts to hearty …
So, Ellen DeGeneres is back in the news with the announcement of her new clothing and shoe collection. She is in the proverbial lentil soup, seemingly for using leather and merino wool in these lines. As we all know, it is definitely not okay for vegans to buy, use or promote these cruelty born “products”. This is not the first time Ellen and her confusing messages about her veganism have come spinning onto my radar. I wrote a …
While developing and writing for my website over the nearly last two years, I have come to understand that veganism is not a lifestyle, a belief, a fad, a diet, a personal choice or any of the labels used to describe a way of living and being that many still think of as extreme. This way of living and being on this earth is born of the horrific and undeniable facts surrounding our cruel meat eating cultures that have fostered …
