Do Life Right

Many items in a typical American home make the humans and pets in them unhealthy. Sometimes the effects are immediate, like in the case of some cleaning products. And, sometimes the effects take a bit longer. On this website, I like to tell as many people as possible about some of the […]

This entire blog post is a direct quote announcement:
Lovin’ Spoonfuls is proud to help sponsor Dr. Nathan Winograd, former director of the San Francisco SPCA.
Most of us believe that there are too many cat and dogs around, not enough homes and that we are therefore forced to euthanize the “excess”.  Dr. Winograd has implemented […]

Before the How to, it is better to first ask: Can you teach a person to get interested in your ideas?
Simple Answer: You cannot teach a person how to become excited. It just isn’t possible. Inspiration and excitement are internal. How about motivation; can you teach that? Yes, you can motivate people, […]

Changes happen for a variety of reasons. The best being when we see a problem, then work on a solution to solve the problem.
Yet, many people are scared of their problems and don’t do the work to change. It reminds me of the quote:

Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving […]

In honor of Earth Day, I want to encourage everyon to listen to NPR’s recent “Rising Demand for Meat Takes Toll on Environment” story.
The friend of mine who originally sent me this story pointed out that one of the experts in the story emphasizes the fact that decreasing your personal meat consumption by just 20% […]

A degree, a simple piece of paper. It’s a declaration to the world that the bearer of said paper officially “Now Knows Enough”. Woo-Hoo! Party Time!
But, do you? Does that little piece of paper really mean you know enough? Enough for what? To be successful? To be happy? […]

This post is about compromise.
In most aspects of my life, I’m a great compromiser. While I figure out plans for art and craft projects, I’m quite flexible on how they are actually implemented. I’m the same on cleaning, driving routes, and a wide variety of other things in my life - especially with […]

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 […]

Are you using fabric shopping bags yet? Consider the implications of plastic and paper, before you allow your purchases to be put into either again.
What you can do:

Be aware of the plastic bag problem.
Encourage the shops you frequent to have bag incentive programs; talk with the owner and/or manager - BE NICE. Write […]

I’ve had this dilemma twice now: Wear out my hands, or buy leather gloves. Silly me! I didn’t think I had options as a vegan, but I’ve been able to find vegan cactus lifting (gardening) gloves and vegan bicycling gloves. With my recent blog,  “Leather - Can you live without it?  Yes!” I’ve had […]