That’s What Your Mum Said

I have just finished the book ‘the ethics of what we eat’ by Peter Singer and Jim Mason. This is my second Peter Singer book on the topic of animals as food (after his classic ‘Animal Liberation’)  and it has been the paddle that has finally whacked me over the edge.

My partner and I have made the leap to vegetarianism.

He has always been very close to being a vegetarian but he would eat meat if I cooked it. Honestly, we only eat meat about once a week now anyway so it won’t make a huge difference. What will be noticeable is that we are also cutting out fish and skipping the pescatarianism. There is some heavy evidence that fish farming is one of the worst with relation to pollution but even just catching wild fish is not something I want to be involved in any more.

We won’t be going vegan just yet. I have been having some fairly serious health issues that mean no matter what I eat my body isn’t dealing with the nutrients properly, so we are keeping the cheese and the eggs. I will start looking into ethical cheese though, and will probably attempt to use soy milk form now on (I drink all of my coffee with soy, but the partner will be harder to convince).

I have been getting some amazing recipes from the gluttonous vegan (seriously, she is a genius) an it is amazingly easy tor replace any meat with tofu or my absolute favourites, kidney and cannellini beans. We use a LOT of beans.

I am happy about this decision. It feels good to be making a little bit of a difference just in our household. Don’t get me wrong – I will miss the odd steak or chicken in my favourite Balinese dishes. However I just don’t think it is worth the cruelty they went through to get to my plate.

Seriously, these ones kill me. Emalie over at Ticky Tacky has two little pup friends called Pepsi and Bluebell. She also makes clothing for these pups miniature frames, and sells it in her Etsy store oh so micro. Too. Much. Cute. I emailed the link to the partner at work and he said this is by far his favourite.

I think this is Pepsi and I want one.

Ebony at ebony & ivory has some delightful putty-tats named Tibby and Mischa. They look cheeky and lovely and like they would be the perfect companions for the winter. I have the knitted socks/scarves/blankets/beanies and the endless cups of tea; I am missing two cats. Ebony, you can help me out here, can’t you?

Check out the blogs of both of these lovely ladies; they themselves are quite to bundles of cute!

Elizabeth at Scarlet Words has a delightful puppy named Harry. I am pretty sure I have already offered to look after him when Elizabeth and her partner are at work; that offer is still open. I would move to Melbourne to spend time with this cutie.

Sarah Von at Yes and Yes has a lovely (if slightly disgruntled looking) kitty Rasputin, or Putin for short. Check out his fighter jet. That is one intrepid adventurer. Do want.

Charlotte at Another Brick in the Narwhal has a colourful and playful Rainbow Lorikeet called Boje Bajinky. As far as I am concerned, he would make an awesome friend for my Obi and as a result, Charlotte should just give him to me. Simple as that.

And the menagerie grows ever larger….

Number one on this list has to be Walter. Liz, I am flying to California and your puppy is coming home with me. Too fracking cute. Liz told the world about him here, and honestly, that was her first mistake. He will be mine. Oh yes, he will be mine.

Second on my list of pursuits is Lucifer. Lucifer will be best of friends with Walter when I rescue him from the cold weather in Copenhagen and bring him to Australia. They might fight a little every now and then like Laverne and Shirley, but they will always make peace. Flora Amalie writes about him often, just like in this post.

My next targets are Chico and Shadow as shown to me by Em of Lick My Cupcakes fame. These dogs could not be any more physically different, yet I want them both in my soon to be formed menagerie. Perth isn’t too far from here, so they may be the first to get added. Hot damn they are awesome!

There will be more to come. Every day I find an animal on someone else’s blog and plan on how it will be mine. Not only puppies mind you – I have SO many varying animals in mind. I just have to formulate a plan…