Little Did I Know, or, The Connectedness of Things

August 17, 2008 – 8:06 pm

I was cleaning out my junk basket yesterday and found a poem I wrote sometime in the last few months.  Since this is an anonymous blog, I feel somewhat less self-conscious about posting poetry.  Besides, it's my blog; I'll post what I want. Little did I know that my words affect the world Little did I know The I'm connected to the Earth the sea the stars Nobody taught me The connectedness of things I discovered it by accident one day when I was walking that a leaf was carried far by a bird as a seed and will become the soil that nurtures the next tree. so little, so little did I know So I set out to discover the world The ways that branches give voice to the breeze And where I stand in the Stewardship of things: I am a queen of the birds and the trees and my voice is the breeze singing sweetly in the evening And I am a part of the great and the lowly of the ...

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Thoughts on Spain

August 5, 2008 – 2:09 pm

Here are a few of my impressions/observations about Spain: the mullet has (very unfortunately) been revived.  It still isn't pretty. MC Hammer pants also revived, tweaked, and still not pretty. food = bad, unimaginative, bland, boring, I'm so glad I'm home eating purple hull peas and collard greens. everyone smokes everywhere. the women are, very glamorosas. They wear pretty dresses, and un-sensible shoes, and they Acessorize (very refreshing coming from the fashion-desert of Iowa) olives are spectacularly wonderful.  olive oil too. folks in general aren't overly friendly.  I think I heard the word welcome one time; and that was from a Greek guy. I'm a pretty slow processor, so more thoughts to come later; along with photos from a handful of veg restaurants we found.

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AHHH! The Cheese is Chasing Me!

July 12, 2008 – 1:52 pm

It's virtually impossible for me to be vegan in Spain, much to my chagrin (and that of my bowel). Most everything contains cream, butter, milk, tuna, or carne. I feel like I weigh a million pounds (actually my feet are worn out from walking). Leche de Soya, no existe. So, I've had to make concessions. But we have found a few good places to get veg. I will be posting about a few of them soon.  Many times I either don't have wi-fi (pronounce wee-fee here), or am too tired to go find it, or the photos are still on the camera and I'm waiting for Hubs to format them for me (I am a dummy about this). Stay tuned for Yerba Buena, La Boqueria, falafels, y mas!

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Veg in SoLa

July 3, 2008 – 10:18 am

So my posts will be sparse for a while, as I am traveling.  But I did want to make a quick update on being veg in South Louisiana.   We go down every summer for a big family reunion of sorts, which is 9 days long and catered (sortof).  I was expecting not to find eats at the dining hall. But lo and behold, I found a bunch of MacDougall-ized vegans! We combined forces and lobbied to get some veg options, which sometimes worked.  I was happy, both to find vegans in So.La., and to be able to eat communally with folks I consider family.   We did buy a bunch of fruit and veg at Super Walmart (the only option in that area) for morning smoothies and snacking.  But overall, it wasn’t as bad as I had thought.

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Vegeater Goes to Spain, But First…

June 21, 2008 – 10:15 am

To South Louisiana. It’s hard to say which will be more difficult in terms of vegging-it. But, we are committed. (Hubs may eat a shrimp or two…he’s a rebel like that! But I will likely not) Both the cultures of Spain and South Louisiana are heavily meat-centered. Spain is the #3 consumer of pork per capita in the world. From what I understand, they sneak ham into nearly everything. The vegeater might be a few pounds lighter when she returns. I may have to make a few exceptions for cheese, but I’ll try to be judicious. I understand that tapas have many veg-choices. As for rural So.La. I may be scouring the produce section at the Super-Walmart to get by. “Vegan?! Wha’s tha’ cher?” Judging by previous conversations with relatives re our veg-ism, it could make for some tricky conversations. I’m trying not ...

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(almost) Raw Day

June 18, 2008 – 8:20 pm

Today I decided to eat only raw for a day. So I set off to work with a basket full of fruit and veg. I had to eat a lot of volume to stay full, that is, to keep my tummy from rumbling. (I think that would be the hardest part about getting used to raw: you'd have to get over the empty feeling all the time.) But, aside from a couple of itty-bitty unforseeables, I did it. Here's what I ate: breakfast raw smoothie containing: 1/2 avocado 1 large handful of lettuces and chard (from garden) 1 banana 1 handful of strawberries (from garden) 1 hunk of cucumber Grazed throughout workday on: bowl of lettuce with a half avo. Dressing was not raw because I forgot to bring it and all I had at work was Drew's Shiitake Sesame handful of grapes handful of carrots with liquid aminos spritzed on them orange apple For supper we ...

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Living Joyfully

June 17, 2008 – 6:27 pm

Went driving around our city today. Had to cross the river. So many businesses are flooded. So many homes damaged or ruined. Cropland swamped. Roads and bridges destroyed. Lives and careers set back. I feel beset. Our economy is faltering (it is built on lies. see the book: Deep Economics by Bill McKibben), our nation is at war, our climate and environment are in crisis, natural disasters occur regularly. Is this new or am I just now noticing it? I keep wondering about the future, and having mini panic attacks, and thinking Do we have enough insurance? And Am I crazy? I just quit my job, a steady income, in what I perceive to be a very unsteady time. But, wait. I refuse to live in fear. I refuse to succumb to the culture of fear. So hard to ...

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Fake Mac-n-Cheez Saves the Day

June 15, 2008 – 12:39 pm

I totally do not want this to be a recipe-based blog (although I do love those too), but I had to post something about Dreena's Mac-oh, Geez! Hubs is suspicious of anything that claims to be cheesy and isn't actually, but then he ate a big bowlfull.  A couple of notes: I used whole wheat penne and hemp milk; everything else followed the recipe. We are having serious flooding issues in our area of the country, and seeing neighbors in my community losing homes and businesses as the floodwaters rise, along with other things going on in the country and world (economic instability, world famine and natural disaster, environmental crisis), has me unsettled. And looking for comfort food. (Yes, I know, this probably doesn't say good things about my food attachments.) This Mac turned out scrumptuous, and satisfied mine and Hubs' craving for comfort food. And it also comforted us ...

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Strawberry “Cream” Pie (with photo)

June 14, 2008 – 7:23 pm

a.k.a Raw Vegan Strawberry Cheesecake. All those strawberries were inspiring me, so I decided to tweak my recipe for raw vegan "cheesecake" (made from cashews and coconut oil) to include more fruit. I hope it sets up well...

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Dietary Revisions

June 13, 2008 – 6:32 pm

I have been reading more and more about how much good raw foods do the body.  So, because I cannot internalize truth without applying it to myself, I have been trying to include more raw in my day.  My diet is constantly being revised because I'm constantly reading new things.  Here is a rough timeline: Summer of 04: I start reading books about all-natural, whole-foods, organic diet and begin to make small changes, starting with switching to organic dairy products. Fall/winter of 04: with the help of a Naturopath, I find I am semi-allergic to soy, and go on an elimination diet.  After this, I read voraciously about the relationship between food and health, and get healthier. 05: By now nearly everything we eat is all-natural/whole, much of it organic. After some time, I decide that Nutrition is the field for me. 06: I am reading a lot about how meat-eating affects the environment ...

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