PinnedMember-onlyTen Common Features of Successful Longtime VegansA couple of years ago, I posted this question to my Facebook friends: “I’m curious: for those who have been vegan for more than five years, what factors do you attribute to your longevity as a vegan? There are many things that tempt people away from veganism, from a desire…Vegan10 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThirty Days of New Vegan Tips for World Vegan MonthHere are fresh tips for each day in November to celebrate World Vegan Day (November 1) and World Vegan Month. With so many benefits and so much at stake, there has never been a better time to embrace your inner-herbivore. November 1/Day 1 There are so many amazing resources for new and transitioning…Vegan15 min read
Sep 7Member-onlyBack to School (or Any Time) Vegan Lunch Roundup: 20 Fun and Easy Meals for Every LunchboxIt’s September: Let’s get those lunches planned. When my son was in elementary school, I started out making cute lunches inspired by the ol’ Vegan Lunch Box blog in the aughts but quickly discovered that both my son and I liked quick and easy meals more than we did visually…Vegan2 min read
Aug 5Member-onlyWhat We Mean When We Talk About GriefI am one of those people who keeps a paper calendar on the wall near my desk. I’m not so old school that I don’t also keep electronic reminders of upcoming meetings and important dates, but I have never quite been able to kick the habit of having an actual…Pets5 min read
Jul 13Member-onlyBack-to-the-Basics Veganism: Six Ways to Make it Easier and Less ExpensiveNo, I am not going to tell you to eat more silken tofu, don’t worry. — Even though in many ways, it’s easier than ever to be vegan today, a lot of times I think I could benefit to go back to the basics of living as a vegan in the 1990s. Not only is simplifying in this way better for my wallet and probably my…Vegan5 min read
Jul 5Member-onlyA Tale of Two Illinois Towns and Two July 4 ParadesThey were 30 miles apart but the lack of gun safety laws means everything is in our own backyard — In 1976, novelist, memoirist and essayist Joan Didion wrestled to the ground what compelled her to write in a piece called “Why I Write,” which was excerpted from a collection of hers and published in the New York Times. It’s a great essay. You can find it online. …Guns6 min read
Jun 22Member-onlyTen Tips for Raising Vegan ChildrenMy sweet little baby turned 240-months-old on June 12, or 20 years, (hush!) and this occasion had me reflecting on some of the things that I think made it easier for me and my husband to raise our son vegan during a time when things were not nearly as friendly…Vegan6 min read
Jun 3Member-onlyOn Accepting the Unacceptable: Resignation to the Intolerable Allows it to ThriveAnother week, another mass shooting. We brace ourselves for the platitudes, the ones that we tolerate and the ones that make us seethe, we hear the politicians pantomiming something that has been calculated to approximate an appropriate response depending on party affiliation and we see the loved ones in the…Vegan4 min read
May 27Member-onlyMy Ten Favorite Vegan Products at the National Restaurant Association ShowI was lucky enough to be at the National Restaurant Association Show and I got to eat allllll the vegan foods. I’ve got some thoughts. Here are the products that really made an impression on me as being of superior quality, unique, filling a gap, or, ideally, all of the…Vegan6 min read
May 13Member-onlyBuilt for BittersweetnessOn a recent Saturday, I met some friends for dinner for the first time in many months. We have known each other for a long time, nearly twenty years, going back to when we were new moms looking for vegan community for ourselves and our children. …Vegan7 min read
