When my mom was here visiting, she took us out for an absolutely amazing meal at Sutra in Wallingford. I’ve blogged about Sutra before. This, though, was by far the tastiest meal we’ve had there to date. The first course was a cardamom grilled nectarine coconut soup with an arugula salad on the side. Oh man, was […]
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Working Toward Radical Self-Acceptance
It was my birthday this week and I generally don’t pay too much attention to it or get too reflective about what birthdays mean, but this year I turned 28 and I thought about the fact that I’m creeping towards 30. This fact makes me think a bit about about time—how quickly it passes, how we spend it, […]
Nature Walks and Peppermint Patties
A late afternoon post today, mostly because my mom and I have spent all day doing this… Yup, that’s right. It’s peppermint patty making day for all those generous souls who have donated so far to Pigs Peace Sanctuary through Peppermint Patties for Pigs Peace! We made 186 peppermint patties (15.5 dozen) and we still have about […]
A Vegan Diet for Dogs
Last year at around this time, I reported about our transitioning Maizy (the dog with whom we share home) to a vegan diet. Maizy had struggled for years with an allergic skin condition, early onset arthritis, diarrhea, ear infections and weight gain. When she first came to live with us, we went through every low-allergen […]
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. […]
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 […]
Fundraising Tips (or Animal Rights Conference 2012 Recap, Part 2)
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 […]
Animal Rights 2012 Recap Part 1
No post for the last week! I have just had the most wonderful week away from my computer. It started out by flying into Baltimore. My sister Lucy picked me up from the airport early Tuesday morning. We spent all day Tuesday, Wednesday and some of Thursday hanging out and it was a blast. We […]