I heard Melanie Joy (author of Why we love dogs, eat pigs and wear cows) speak a couple of times at the national Animal Rights conference last summer in Alexandria, VA. During one of her talks she asked for hands of those in the audience who had ever pretended not to be sick or downplayed their […]
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Thoughts on the Violence of Shootings
I heard a few hours ago about the shooting in Connecticut. This, after hearing about a shooting in a mall in Portland OR earlier this week. This, after a couple was shot dead by Cleveland police who fired 137 shots a couple of weeks ago. And after a four year old toddler shot and killed his […]
Sometimes We All Need A Bowl of Cut Fruit
Eric’s aunt died on Friday afternoon in Los Angeles. She had been ill for a long time and had rallied countless times throughout her life after her doctors told her to ‘call the family’. I didn’t know Margie very well, but I had gotten to spend time with her a few times and I have heard many stories from Eric and Ruth (Eric’s mom) […]
