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 […]
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Planning an Eco-Friendly, Vegan Wedding
Remember back when I told you I was going to have the opportunity to be a fashion correspondent for Alicia Silverstone’s blog, The Kind Life? Well, I’m excited to tell you that today my first guest post is up–Planning A Fall Wedding. I think in another life, I would have become an event planner. There’s […]
Cucumber Tomato Summer Salad
I’ve been a wee bit obsessed with this salad for the past couple of weeks. And by obsessed, I mean I’ve been making it every day (sometimes twice). This salad tastes like summer to me, probably because I grew up eating a variation of this (though the version we ate had mayonnaise instead of vinegar). We’ve had a […]
Stroll through Discovery Park
After just one week of fundraising for Pigs Peace Sanctuary, together we have raised $676. That is so awesome! Thank you so much to those who have donated! Can I nudge the rest of you to consider making a donation? If you’d like to receive peppermint patties for Pigs Peace, just click on over here. […]
Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
This recipe should have gone up after the baby shower post, but I hadn’t recorded the proportions and so I had to wait till I recreated these to get the exact recipe. We were left with massive quantities of leftovers after the baby shower and I spent two days afterward eating nothing but cucumber sandwiches. […]
Summer Curry
We have had an abundance of zucchini from our garden over the past month. And by abundance, I mean a bumper crop that just keeps on coming. Every day for weeks we’ve been getting 1-3 big zucchinis. We’ve been giving them away right and left, eating them ourselves, giving Maizy lots in her meals…I even […]
Introducing Peppermint Patties for Pigs Peace
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 […]
Celebrating One Year!
Happy one year, dear old blogaroo! A year ago this week, I started writing Serenity in the Storm. The name comes from a beautiful quote I try to take to heart each day: “Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace within the storm.” I’ve had a wonderful time writing the blog this past year, using […]
Two Degrees Bars- Review
Recently, someone from Two Degrees contacted me and asked if I’d like to sample and review their bars. I’ve had the chance to try them and have Eric, his mom and stepfather and Karen and Oliver try them as well. So I think we’ve got a pretty wide age and gender demographic of sampling. I’ll […]
Great Projects: Animal Rights 2012 Conference Recap, Part 3
I learned about some new-to-me amazing projects at the AR conference last week. They are all working to make change in really creative ways. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Okay, so this organization is not new-to-me, but I love the work they do so much, I had to feature them here: Established in 1977, Sea […]
