What's the best piece of advice you've ever received? Don't ask questions you do not want to know the answer to. This phrase has saved me a lot of headaches throughout the years, although in my line of work, a similar phrase is also very helpful: Don't ask questions that you don't already know the … Continue reading Sunday Musings
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Sunday Musings
Daily writing promptWhat change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world?View all responses I would like my blog to help someone on their vegan journey. The main message I want to get across is that veganism is accessible to everyone, and that the most important thing is that people … Continue reading Sunday Musings
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Daily writing promptShare a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.View all responses Where all my food comes from. I know that if I had learnt this all sooner, I would have gone vegan a lot sooner. I think my only regret with going fully vegan is that I didn't do it sooner. … Continue reading Sunday Musings
How to keep pets cool in hot weather
Summer has now arrived in the UK and it is always a struggle. I won't repeat the usual stories you hear about the UK heat, but in summary is it humid, heavy and airless. And I am not even covered in fur to make it so much hotter! Over the years, I have worked out … Continue reading How to keep pets cool in hot weather
Movie Review: Ocean by David Attenborough
Movie synopsis from the official website: OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH takes viewers on a breath-taking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences … Continue reading Movie Review: Ocean by David Attenborough
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Daily writing promptList three books that have had an impact on you. Why?View all responses I feel I have answered this question so many times, and it is getting a little repetitive. Do you guys have any recommendations? I am working through my to be read list quicker than I had expected and am always … Continue reading Sunday Musings
Is it ethical to have pets?
A professor at London School Economics (LSE) has recently written an article about the ethical implications of people having pets. Richard Healey is a moral, political, and legal philosopher, and his latest article argues that we have a strong moral reason to abolish the institution of pet keeping. His article is interesting, as it approaches … Continue reading Is it ethical to have pets?
Book review: Living Planet – The web of life on Earth by David Attenborough
Book blurb: Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: … Continue reading Book review: Living Planet – The web of life on Earth by David Attenborough
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What's the oldest things you're wearing today? I like to think of myself as quite lucky in that my body does not change all that much. I hit a growth spurt when I was about ten when I hit puberty, and have not grown an inch since. My weight obviously fluctuates as everyone's weight does, … Continue reading Sunday Musings
Easy vegan recipe recommendations
Daily writing promptWhat's one small improvement you can make in your life?View all responses Whilst I think my diet is pretty good, I am aware that I rely on processed foods quite heavily. I am slowly learning to cook new recipes, but I find that cooking takes up a lot of time, especially whilst I … Continue reading Easy vegan recipe recommendations