I am starting this blog as my musings on being vegan, and my philosophical quandries. I have been vegan for just over a year. I became very sick from campylobactor (a very nasty bacteria from undercooked poultry) and could not face meat products. Going vegan was way easier than going vegetarian. I just had my blood work done for a physical and I am in perfect health. Well almost, I am overweight but that is another story.

Over this past year I have read alot about veganism ( a term I actually hate). I understand all the issues about compassion and animal cruelty. I get the environmental issues and all that. I eat only food that is plant based, trying to stay as unprocessed as possible. I have changed my soaps, shampoos and make-up to be animal friendly. I won't outwordly buy a leather purse but in looking for shoes that fit and supported my poor arhtritic feet and looked good also, I was hard presssed to find a good non-leather option. Leather shoes came home with me. Incomplete vegan point #1.