Do Life Right

I’m a strong believer in following interests and passions. I’ve become immersed in numerous things over the years, including photography. For a time I had my own photo studio. I enjoyed it a lot and still take many photographs (mostly of my daughters and scenery). Since my parents are visiting and my youngest daughter is [...]

I am currently looking for an agent in order to sell my children’s chapter book series. (Details about that in a post later this week.) There are many reasons why I started writing these books. One of the biggest reasons is the lack of good quality parents in children’s books.
It seems like [...]

Having attended Pie Party 2007, I’m thrilled to advertise the 6th annual Pie Party 2008. There will be over 150 pies and they are all vegan (raw, gluten-free, and sugar-free options available)! Amazing! Everyone in my family highly enjoyed the party last year. There were door prizes, raffles, t-shirts and pins [...]

I’ve mentioned here before that in general my family does not use extra oils in cooking (we will eat vegan food at restaurants that has been made with oil, but we try to keep this to a minimum). We’ve found that oil just isn’t necessary for frying, sauteing, or baking. I will admit [...]

We recently revisited Madera Canyon. Some of my photographs from last fall are in the post “Madera Canyon”. Here are some new pictures from a few days ago. The two girls are my daughters, the adults are my parents. “Canyon”, my older daughter’s new Webkinz Bengal Tiger, joined in on our [...]

The Easter bunny came to our house last weekend. She (my 7.5 year old is convinced the Easter bunny is a girl) hid a lot of plastic eggs, vegan candies (and even vegan chocolate Easter bunnies), super cool Webkinz figurines, and some miscellaneous little toys.
Amongst the toys were foam puzzle pieces with letters and [...]

We love jambalaya. It’s easy to cook and it tastes fantastic. You can throw together a variety of ingredients and it still tastes great. Missing an ingredient or have some extra zucchini you’ve been trying to use up, no problem! The tomatoes are the only crucial ingredient in the mix. [...]

As vegans, we’re often asked if we allow our children to eat candy. I haven’t come up with a quick and witty response yet, but I’m looking for one. Sweets are fun, and not necessarily “unhealthy”. What is unhealthy anyway?
When hearing my family is vegan, it’s also often assumed that [...]

I’ve had a greater than average number of questions lately regarding my family and how we “manage” to be vegan and Unschoolers. I welcome these questions, of course! The number of Radical Unschooling families who are also vegan seems to be growing quickly, yet many are looking for support since they don’t know [...]

I’ve had the opportunity to give multiple elevator pitches over the past year, for various reasons. I’ve discovered that no matter what you are pitching, the technique is always the same. An elevator pitch is usually either 2 or 3 minutes long (sometimes only 1 minute), depending on your situation. The gist [...]