Today we have the treat of having a guest post from my very own sister, Lucy Gillespie. A while back, Lucy called me, upset about an experience she had had in her workplace. She works in a mediation (or ‘alternative dispute resolution’) center in Baltimore, MD. She has been trying to think through the experience she […]
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Weekend Recap and Berry Green Smoothie
This weekend was filled with highs and lows. The highs were amazingly good–Eric was offered a year-long contract for an awesome job (yay for employment!), there was good news at Pigs Peace on Saturday–Judee the pig is making a remarkable recovery, and we got to spend all day Sunday with my dear friend Theresa, who was visiting from Spokane. We went to Cafe Flora […]
Pigs in Sanctuary/ Pigs at Slaughter
As I’ve mentioned before, Eric and I try to get up to Pigs Peace Sanctuary once a week to volunteer. It’s a wonderful experience–not only getting away from town to do some good manual labor, but because we’re getting to build relationships with the pigs, dogs and humans at the sanctuary. Yesterday, we took a […]
Vegan Blueberry Cream Cheese Muffins
When we were snowed in last week, I got an unreasonable hankering for blueberry muffins. And not just any blueberry muffins…cream cheese blueberry muffins! We trudged up to the grocery store in the snow with Maizy (she loves the snow!) and got some frozen blueberries and some pretzels (for snacking, not for the muffins). These […]
Dinner at Sutra
First, I have to apologize for my neglect of the blog these past couple of days. This week has been extraordinarily busy and I have barely had a moment in the past three days of unscheduled time. I defended my dissertation proposal on Tuesday, which was actually a really good experience. I had applied for […]
Samosa-kopita
Last week, Seattle got slammed with snow. And when I say ‘slammed’, I actually mean only about 5 inches over a three day period. The University of Washington cancelled all classes on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and most of the city shut down. Seattle is known for not handling snow well–we don’t have the equipment to […]
Lasagna
Last Sunday, I made kalamata basil tapenade and used half of the recipe in a vegan lasagna. I made a 9×13″ pan of lasagna and Eric and I ate it for dinner three nights in a row. We tend to like doing this (if the food is good) because it makes the dreaded decision of […]
Cri de Coeur Vegan Boot Sale
I know I’ve talked to many of you about the dilemma of what shoes to wear when you’re in the process of becoming vegan. We’ve talked about the sensible method of wearing out those old leather boots and shoes from before you went vegan. But what happens when they wear out and you need a […]
Ancient Garden Medicinals Organic Herbal Healthcare
On the side, I spent the winter break from school building a website for my sister-in-law’s new business. Marianna and Eric’s brother (Mike) and their two kids live near Willow Creek in Northern California and Marianna is trained as an herbalist and has spent a decade learning about the natural healing properties of plants and putting […]
Kalamata Basil Tapenade
A few weeks ago, Eric and I road-tripped to Portland for the day to pick up my dad and bring him back up to Seattle. Before we hit the road, we went to the PCC (food coop) to get some snacks for the car. We bought chips and salsa, rosemary/garlic bread, and a container of olive tapenade. My dad doesn’t […]
