Yesterday, my mother was attacked on her way home from work. My mom walks about 4 miles to and from work every day and yesterday, she was almost home–in her own neighborhood–when a group of girls ran up behind her, hitting her from behind and shoving her down onto the pavement. Then they ran off. […]
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Beacon Food Forest
This project has been a while in the making (the idea formed in 2009), but it’s finally coming to fruition (pun intended?!). In our very own neighborhood of Beacon Hill at Jefferson Park, a food forest project is being developed. What is a food forest, you might ask? According to the Beacon Food Forest site: […]
Joining the Resistance: Farmed Animals Making History
I thought I’d try something a bit new today, and provide an audio recording for you all. I recorded the talk I gave at the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Conference in Buffalo, NY on March 4, 2012. I was in a session called “Resistance” and my talk was entitled “Joining the Resistance: Farmed Animals […]
NYC Continued…
Continuing on the recap of my NYC trip. I woke up on Saturday morning (late) and rushed to subway to try to make it to an 8:00am session at the AAG. The subject was the meat industry and it was one of the sessions I was most looking forward to attending. The ‘L’ train was […]
Getting to NYC
Finally, back to Seattle after a week in New York City, then back to Seattle for a day, then back to Buffalo until last night. I can already feel some semblance of normal creeping back into my life (thank goodness!) but I still have a lot of catch-up to do from all of this time […]
Cilantro-Jalapeno Roasted Garlic Hummus
This past fall, when my friend Tish and I were crafting together each week, we would periodically stop at Trader Joe’s for snacks before heading to our house to get started crafting. Tish turned me on to the most delicious hummus from Trader Joe’s–it’s their hummus with cilantro and jalapenos. Eric and I rarely go […]
Pantry Basics: Grains and Legumes
Last week, Serenity in the Storm reader, Kevin posted the following comment on the Breakfast Quinoa post: “I would love a blog entry where you share what are your vegan pantry staples – for those times when you just need something good to eat and have to use what is on hand.” ~ Kevin Thanks to […]
Guest Post: Animals, Violence, and Social Justice
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 […]
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 […]
