I Never Promised You an Organic Garden

As I am sure most of you who are still reading my blog have noticed, I took a seven month break from writing here. I simply got busy and felt uninspired.  Recently, I have been compelled to write again, so here I am.  I won’t promise that I won’t take another break at some point, but for now I am back.

A lot has gone on in the past seven months, and rather than try and recap that time, I want to focus on the exciting things coming in my future.  In two months and three days, I turn 30.  I am actually quite excited about this.  I know a lot of people are very upset when they turn 30, but I am excited about marking a big milestone in my life.  I will finally feel like a “real” adult.

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I am confounded!  Twice this past week I have read articles about individuals lashing out violently at people around them because they disagree with someone’s life choices, and in these cases, life choices involving the food.

The first incident involved  Lierre Keith’s author of “The Vegetarian Myth”.  So-called militant vegans attacked her at a recent speaking engagement and threw pies filled with cayenne pepper in her face.  A video of the pieing can be seen here on YouTube.  The second incident took place right here in Indiana, when a knife wielding vegetarian destroyed and contaminated packages of meat in a grocery store.  Police had to be called because the man threatened employees at the store with the knife when they attempted to stop him.  According to the article, his reasoning for the attack was “to save little girls from food he believes would make them chubby.” (more…)