Posts

Showing posts from January, 2018

why am i vegan? let's get this out of the way (oh and a vegan dressing recipe)

Image
i am a vegan. have been fully vegan for over two months. i was vegan for about five months last year, but i didn't keep track of my nutrients or vitamins and got sick. but now i have a pretty good balance going on and i make sure to take my supplements. anyways, why? why am i vegan? i get asked that a lot. well, that's not exactly a simple answer, but here, let's use these two terms: ethical and dietary. those are two types of vegans. and, well, i am vegan for both reasons. i have no issues supporting local farmers who don't steal baby cows from their moms, or local farmers who treat their chickens like they are actually alive (so, very well), but factory farms are absolutely horrifying. i adore animals, they are a huge part of my life, and it had gotten to the point where eating factory farmed meat, eggs, or milk was very emotionally hard for me, and for good reason, so i stopped eating factory farmed animal products. i also went vegan for health reasons. ...

an introduction? yes, that seems right

Image
hi. so... you are here, aren't you? wow, that's rather exciting! i guess you probably want me to stop beating around the bush with weird spacing and being a weirdo in general. sorry. that's not going to happen here. why? well, i am in fact a weirdo. yup. but i am alright with that. actually, i am quite happy with it. because i am uniquely me. anyways, on with the introduction. my name is... maybe evelyn? who knows. i have another name, but evelyn seems fitting here, doesn't it? i am a young girl with a passion for living creatures, my Creator (that may be the only word capitalized in this post, but it needs to be, so it shall be), eating and living well, and music. i love music. oh and i forgot to mention surfing. i am really quite fantastically horrid at surfing, but about as good as i should be for having gone ten times tops. but i am hopelessly in love with the ocean, it's ever terrifying torrent of waves, oh how they call me relentlessly. i ...