Hi, I’m J.
Baking artisan bread for pay and making art for passion. Taking adult-education French courses to be able to enroll in Quebec’s only college diploma in organic agriculture.
Feminist and proud.
Standing for the autonomy and dignity of all beings, and the integrity of the ecology which sustains us all. In solidarity with animal rights activists, environmentalists and human rights workers.
Looking to the future, and enjoying the present.
.
.
Feedback? vegan dot seeds at gmail dot com
Hi – Rad vegan site! I’m planning to feature it on a VegVine.com browser bar for vegetarians. We are a group of vegan volunteers connecting people with veg resources like yours. Our goal is a world with greater compassion. It seems like we share that. If you can squeeze it into your schedule I’d love to chat. Ryan, president http://www.VegVine.com (Ryan@VegVine.com or 215-589-2437) VegVineRyan@Gmail.com
Dear Ryan,
Thanks for your comment!
I’m aware of VegVine.com and I’m thrilled to hear that you will be linking to my blog. Many thanks!
J.
I am new to blogging and do not really know how everything works in these things. I like your blog and added it to my blogroll so that I can look at what you write every now and then. I did not want to have an email sub because of the way I have set my blog.
Anyway, just wanted to say hi and that I like what you write.
Thank you very much!
And thank you for starting to share your life story on your blog. Your words are very moving and your story is sad and captivating. I hope you will continue to write and express yourself. We can all use feeling a little less lonely! If there’s anything I can do to help you with blogging, let me know.
J.
Thanks for your encouragement and for your offer of help. I am slowly learning by experimenting.
Hey! I just started a vegan blog too
I love your links, I’m going to link to you in my links bar!
Thank you kindly for that! Looking forward to reading what you’re all about!
Love the name, by the way – “veganearthlove.” Yes, yes and yes!
Hi, I love your raccoon. Is that watercolor? I do watercolor animals, too, but I really admire how you captured the fur. I struggle with texture but they come out all right. I do domestic animals (pets and farm) (http://tinako.multiply.com/photos). You say you have more artwork up here?
Great theme. I’m reading Singer’s “Animal Liberation” now and he makes it so clear. I’ve been vegan a few years and veg since ’92 but wasn’t really sure about animal *rights* before. Now I’m not sure I see any justification for anything less.
Thanks for speaking out for the animals!
Thank you, tinako!
Always great to meet another vegan WordPress blogger. I don’t have much art up here, hoping to add more. This was a pen-and-ink drawing; I used to do watercolor as a kid but haven’t been back to it in a long time. Looking at your sweetly-observed and colourful watercolors makes me want to get back into it!
Cheers, and thanks again!
Hi, i’m new to this so am just exploring and I found yet another lovely blog, i too like the racoon, like the detail on it, anyway just wanted to say i really love your blog
Hi J,
I just found your lovely blog and wanted to share my work with you. I work with Open Road Films and was a part of the recently released film about animal rights activists called Bold Native. http://www.boldnative.com. This film is having wonderful underground success through vegan blogs such as yours.
I don’t know if your blog topic focuses only on food but I also make hand crafted vegan Dream Catchers through Etsy which make lovely gifts for a great cause. I am looking for ways to get the word out about them and wonder if you write non food related posts. If not, I wonder if you have any suggestions on blogs that might find this topic interesting to feature.
You can learn more about my work by visiting: http://otteronarock.com/?page_id=12
Hope you find it interesting,
Jess
Hi J,
I just found your lovely blog and wanted to share my work with you. I work with Open Road Films and was a part of the recently released film about animal rights activists called Bold Native. http://www.boldnative.com. This film is having wonderful underground success through vegan blogs such as yours.
I also make hand crafted vegan Dream Catchers through Etsy which make lovely gifts for a great cause. I am looking for ways to get the word out about them and wonder if you write or accept feature articles on craft topics. If not, I wonder if you have any suggestions on blogs that might find this topic interesting to feature.
You can learn more about my work by visiting: http://otteronarock.com/?page_id=12
Hope you find it interesting,
Jess
Hi Jess,
Wow, this is a bit touchy. I don’t want to ask you for credentials, or prove your ancestry. I don’t want to be mean, either. While I admire your crafting and the use of recycled materials, my impression of your vegan dream catcher art is that it is in imitation/homage to native art, from the perspective of a person of European heritage. If this is the case, I hope you will consider that not all native people consent to having their ancestral art forms copied or used. In the Pacific Northwest where I grew up the people are fiercely protective of their art forms, and generally do not allow people who are not born into the culture to copy or use their totem motifs. This is likely also be the case with those whose culture pioneered the Dream Catcher. I admire that the people of the Pacific Northwest have been able to protect their artistic heritage and that many contemporary Coast Salish artists are able to make a living from their work because they hold the currency to it. I encourage support of clothing designers, artists, carvers, and artisans who are continuing their cultural heritage and making beautiful art for all to enjoy.
I don’t want to be presumptuous. I am not going to lecture you, nor to assume that you don’t have native ancestry. I do suggest that if I have read the situation correctly, you might want to check in to the discussions ongoing at Native Appropriations blog, and consider other outlets for your creative talents. Whatever culture you are from will have a rich tradition of folk art, mystic symbols, and protective talismans that you would be entirely entitled to draw from while raising money for a good cause. Personally I do not have any known Native heritage, but an ancestry of mixed Scottish, Irish, English and German roots. Therefore I draw on the Celtic side of my heritage for symbolism, such as Celtic knots, Irish mythology and so on, if I am looking for something like that in my art. It’s meaningful to me, it speaks to me, and it’s not taking anything from anyone else for me to use it.
By the way, a perfunctory look through some previous posts should have alerted you to the fact that my blog is about far more than food. In fact, I rarely post about the food I eat. It’s a lot of politics, gardening, animal rights, art (!), feminism, vegan philosophy. Just an FYI. I don’t mind self-promotion but I like to know that someone has actually really looked at what I’m putting out there to see if it’s compatible with what they’re all about, or at the least to know that I’m about more than food.
Sincerely,
J.
Hi,
My name is Metala and I run a small home business called Vegan Faces.
Vegan faces started as a face painting service, but after months of trying to find 100% vegan paints I decided to start getting my own formulation manufactured.
http://www.veganfaces.co.uk
Please visit my website and help me spread to word to the vegan alternative out onto the market!
Hey J,
I’ve been reading naked vegan cooking and saw that you are linked to them. I rediscovered your blog. Still tasty, still informative, still love it.
Keep up your good work.
Emily M
How awesome! Nice to reconnect. I’m going to drop you a line via the e-mail you provided, if you don’t mind!
Hi, J
Of course I’d love for you to email me. Feel free to use the email address provided.
Em