Unless they are happily married to a fellow vegan, or have one of those mysteriously successful vegan/non-vegan relationships, most herbivore romantics have at least a fleeting desire for the perfect vegan companion. Someone warm, compassionate, strong and intelligent. Someone who gets the choice to be vegan and has committed to the lifestyle. Someone to walk […]
Animal Place: Where Every Individual Matters
When he was born, Panda Bob’s mother was too sick to stand. But she bellowed and struggled to get to her feet to nurse her baby. He cried back, yearning for her touch and nourishment, but she couldn’t get up. Left in the pouring rain at a livestock auction, Errol was crammed into an overcrowded […]
Compassionate Giving: Finding Your Advocacy Voice
We are in that holiday time of year when giving takes center stage, so now is a good time to focus on both end-of-year charitable contributions and volunteer and advocacy planning for the animals in the coming year. It’s important to take stock of the big picture before making decisions about our own priorities. In […]
Moving the Needle
Shortly before his death in 2009, Senator Ted Kennedy spoke of his greatest legislative regret: not compromising on the deal that President Nixon offered in the early 1970’s on national health care. He related how he didn’t think it went far enough. He was afraid that if he accepted it, complacency would set in and […]
Journey to Compassion
Putting my groceries away today I realized that it’s been exactly two and a half years since I became a vegan. I can’t remember the last time I stuck with anything new for that long. I can honestly say that the journey has been full of joy. Not always a beautiful, tree-lined street with clearly […]