Posted in Animal Rights, Animals, Sanctuaries on Dec 5th, 2012
Serenity in the Storm has gotten quite a few new readers in the last few weeks. Welcome to all of those who are new and thanks for reading! To all of you who have been reading all along, thank you for your commitment and interest in the blog and the stories & recipes shared here. [...]
Posted in Animal Rights, Animals, Events, Sanctuaries on Sep 5th, 2012
It’s that time again! The Sidecar for Pigs Peace Bakesale is this weekend! I’m going to be baking these bad boys—the raspberry and apricot thumbprint shortbread cookies… They need bakers if you’d like to bake for the bakesale. Contact bakesale @ pigspeace.org to offer your baking skills. They’re looking specifically for cookies. It’s going to [...]
Posted in Activism, Animal Rights, Animals, Sanctuaries on Aug 24th, 2012
Earlier this week, I heard some very sad news. Sadie, one of the cows I met earlier this summer at Animal Place in California, died. She was fourteen. I wrote briefly about her story in “Sharing Testimony: An Activist Project for Animals” at Our Hen House earlier this summer. When I met Sadie, her story broke [...]
Posted in Activism, Animal Rights, Animals, Events, Sanctuaries, Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2012
Dear Readers, In celebration of one year of blogging, and because Pigs Peace is in desperate need of donations, I’m launching a donation drive page for Pigs Peace at Serenity in the Storm. If you’ve been reading the blog for the last year, you’ll know about my love affair with Pigs Peace Sanctuary. We’ve been volunteering there [...]
Posted in Activism, Animal Rights, Sanctuaries, Uncategorized on Aug 8th, 2012
You can read part 1 of the Animal Rights Conference Recap from yesterday here. One of the sessions I attended at the conference was on fundraising. I jotted down lots of great tips to understanding fundraising for a nonprofit organization and I thought it might be of interest to some of you who might be [...]
Posted in Animals, Sanctuaries on Jul 30th, 2012
Yesterday, Karen, Oliver and I travelled out to Vashon Island on the ferry to attend the Baahaus summer fundraising party. Baahaus Animal Rescue Group is a small sanctuary on Vashon Island, run by Glenda and her partner Karen. Glenda is the animal rights/human rights librarian at the University of Washington and is part of our animal [...]
Posted in Animals, Sanctuaries on Jun 27th, 2012
Just a quick note this morning to nudge your over to MindBodyGreen to read a short article I wrote for them, “Finding Peace at an Animal Sanctuary.” How do you find serenity in your day to day lives?
Posted in Animals, Sanctuaries on Jun 21st, 2012
Summer solstice was yesterday, as I’m sure most of you know. The summer solstice technically is the first day of summer, though historically it has been called midsummer by farmers since the crops are planted and well on their way to producing. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year. From here on [...]
Posted in Animal Rights, Sanctuaries on Jun 18th, 2012
Good morning, readers! And a warm welcome to any new readers now following. :-) Last week, I left you with a note nudging you over to MindBodyGreen and a promise to be back soon with updates from the sanctuaries I visited. Here goes! On Wednesday morning, I had breakfast with Eric’s brother’s family and said goodbye to them. It was a [...]
Posted in Animal Rights, Animals, Events, Sanctuaries on Apr 19th, 2012
It’s that time again! That’s right, the Sidecar for Pigs Peace bake sale. This time, the bake sale coincides with the World Wide Vegan Bake Sale. If you’re in Seattle this weekend, stop by Sidecar to get some delicious vegan baked goods to support Pigs Peace Sanctuary. The details: What: Sidecar for Pigs Peace Vegan Bake Sale When: Saturday April 21st at [...]
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