Do Life Right

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 [...]

One of our uninterruptible power supplies woke me up early this morning, telling me that our power had gone out. It’s January and Winter here, but not cold like in other parts of the United States, so the only real inconvenience was the beeping of the UPS and the wondering if my daughter’s Magic [...]

Is 2008 your year to become organized and get rid of all your clutter? Do you have items in closets that you haven’t looked at in years, but aren’t sure what to do with? Consider recycling your items in unusual ways.
CLOTHING:

Fur coat? Donate it to PETA; they give them to homeless [...]

I’ve been asked why I am so “radical” in so many ways to current mainstream society in the United States of America (where I live). People wonder if I just enjoy being radical for the sake of being different/exciting/rebellious.
What are a few of my “radical tendencies”?

Unschooling our children
Eating a vegan diet
Living a vegan lifestyle [...]

Periodically, I enjoy taking one of the popular Earth print quizzes to determine how many Earths my family’s lifestyle requires. When I first took one of these quizzes, about six years ago, the answer was somewhere between 5 and 6 Earths! I was shocked and dismayed. Today’s answer came up: 1.2 [...]

Some people think that living a “green” lifestyle is difficult. Since it doesn’t need to be, I thought I’d mention a few products that work not just as well as their “green” counterparts, but better, making living “green” comfortably seamless. These products are easy to find and make significant impact without radically changing [...]

Here is a list of the Top 10 Favorite Purchases that we’ve made in 2007. Any of these would make wonderful Holiday gifts for yourself and those you love. My family helped me compile this list and it is in no particular order. Movies and television shows will be in the next post.

Webkinz; [...]

Several years ago, my oldest daughter asked me to please not use paper wrapping paper anymore. She felt that it was a waste of resources to use paper (even recycled paper) for a short term happy ripping effect. Her argument was compelling and we agreed that we’d never purchase wrapping paper again, and we’d reuse [...]

I’ve always wanted a gemstone tree. I first saw one in a specialty store when I was a child. It was so beautiful, and looked so fragile, I was afraid to touch it. Yet, I did — gently, watching the way the little tree arms moved and the little leaves swayed. My parents bought [...]

I’ve had people say to me, “I get why you eat a vegan diet and I am against animal testing. However, I don’t understand why you won’t buy shampoos and lip balms, etc. that contain animal ingredients.”
Simple answer: Do you know exactly what those animal ingredients are? If you did, you just might not [...]