Feliz Navidad 2017

Feliz Navidad little celebration at home.
Christmas tree with animals.
Please love and respect all animals,
this is their planet too,
they are not here to serve humans
but to share this little planet
#peace #christmas #xmas

I Am Mercy For Aanimals, I am Vegan

I believe animal rights is a social justice issue, and I will speak out against oppression. Together we are changing the world. I am proud to be a Mercy For Animals volunteer. #WeAreMFA https://goo.gl/cC2YVtSign up and help us spread compassion today! www.mercyforanimals.org/get-involved

Vegan Thanksgiving

Every tradition should be compassionate,
You don't need to kill birds :(
Please be kind to all animals #VeganThanksgiving
Julian vegan apple pie
Gardein turkey-less cuts
fingerling potatoes and tomatoes with herbs
cranberry sauce.

Vegan Halloween

Don't be like the Demogorgon! Stop Eating Animals #GoVegan Happy Halloween! 🎃🕷️🕸️💀☠️

Life imperfect momemts, mosquitos!

To love this life.

In its most imperfect moments...

Mosquitoes!

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The beauty of life is in loving even its most imperfect moments.

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To love life's imperfect little moments.

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Sometimes I feel that enjoying life is being thankful for even the imperfect moments.

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Last night silly writings.

Vegan Neatloaf and Vegan Fish

Vegan food is delicious.
It saves our planet and dear animals.
Why eat murder when you have eat these fantastic meal?
From Jyoti Bihanga, the oldest vegetarian restaurant in San Diego.

Vegan is the food of the soul

"Fish" (vegan) with quinoa, lemon zest, zucchini and greens

San Diego Festival of Books

The 1st SD Festival of Books was a little great event! Lots of authors, local independent bookstores and I scored these lovely books! I wish I had more time to talk to local authors. But I already volunteered for Mercy for Animals 4 hours before I got to look around.

But I did meet Drew Andrews at the Verbatim booth. He signed his first novel (horror short tales) for me, I was gone by the time I read on his book that he is a local musician who has played with The Album Leaf and other bands.
http://sdcitybeat.com/music/notes-from-the-smoking-patio/drew-andrews-announces-debut-novel/

The Vegan recipes books with Morrissey and Nick Cave are funny, recipes are based on song titles, my favorite is Moz arguing with the Cookie Monster over a vegan cookie :D

Can't wait to read David Lynch's Catching the Big Fish on working on film projects.

The James Patterson was for my neighbor Mike
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I highly recommend you to visit Verbatim books in North Park!

Also I volunteered with Mercy for Animals! We did Paid-Per-View video viewing.
Where we pay people $1 to watch a video on Factory Farming and how Animals suffer and are killed for food :( I do hope more people become vegan after watching the video, many are shocked!

It was a great Saturday in San Diego!

My little collection of books from the San Diego Festival of Books, cat not included, she is my Frau Kitty

Vegan recipes inspired by vegan music icons, Morrissey and Nick Cave

David Lynch book on creativity

Some of my vegan friends volunteering at Mercy for Animals

This man is already vegan, he loves banned books and vegan food!

This family wants to go vegan after seeing the suffering of animals for food

People seeing the horrors of factory farming

Del Mar Racetrack Kills Horses

This was a good weekend!
I got to protest #DelMar racetrack, where horses beaten & abused,
and killed for $$$. See my dear vegan activists friends.
Have great vegan meals (Jimbo's & Plantpower Fast food in Encinitas.
And read books & magazines + tv.
If you don't think Horse Racing is cruel, read this article:
www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/the-ugly-truth-about-horse-racing/284594/

Protest at Del Mar Racetrack August 19, 2017

Being vegan

Veganism is not about food is about how you relate to others.
You kill them, or not.

Image by Mercy for Animals

Kein Pelz mehr!

Vielen Dank deutsche Leute. Kein Pelz mehr. Ich liebe dich!
Germany Votes to End All Fur Farming.
https://www.healthnutnews.com/germany-votes-end-fur-farming/

The year of the orange covers.

The year of the orange covers.

Bonus points if you know how The Underground Railroad (book) on slavery in the USA is linked to Kim Gordon's biographic book Girl in a Band. They are both great books. The Underground Railroad by brilliant Colson Whitehead should be a required reading in American schools.

OK,

here is how they relate...

Sonic Youth is on the Acknowledgements of The Underground Railroad, Kim Gordon was one of the wonderful 4 members of Sonic Youth, one of my favorite bands ever. Worth mentioning that David Bowie and Prince are on the acknowledgements too.

Staying home

I have been sick for a couple of days

Diverticulitis

This weekend, I stayed home

Reading and spending time with the cats

And binge-watching TV

Little patio

Herr Gato and his plant

Frau Kitty

Frau Kitty uses the stairs to get to the top of her house

Close to my heart

I keep my cats close to my heart
Every day, all the time
Love you Frau Kitty und Herr Gato

Two cats pendant

Frau Kitty in peaches box

Herr Gato enjoying the court yard

Friend and neighbor Mike

My neighbor Mike has been really sick since Friday.
My mom and I had to call the paramedics.
He has pneumonia and I feared for his life.
He has no family and just 1 friend apart from me.
All weekend and Monday night I thought he would die.
He didn’t want to eat at all.
Yesterday, after I saw the beautiful page
from the calendar my friend Izabela gave me,
about Miracles, I prayed for him all day at work.
When I went to see him yesterday evening,
he was much better!
He ate solid food and smiled
at the stuffed Gato I got him.
I do believe in miracles and the power of positive thinking.
So thankful he is OK.
Can’t wait to see him again tonight
to see how much he has recovered
while I am at work.

Mike feeling better and Gato taking care of him

Page of Louis Hay calendar

San Diego Botanical Garden

actually in Encinitas,
spent a wonderful day with my mom.

Glad I posted before the end of June,
most come back dear blog.

The San Diego Botanical Garden
is a beautiful place!
I dreamed of the strangely beautiful
African trees, the exotic plants from Hawaii
and the strength of New Zealand leaves.

I dream of walking there again!

Die deutschen Leute wissen

Deutsche Leute zum Veganer werden!
Das ist sehr gut :)

The current winner in the race to make vegan food products? Germany.

This may come as a surprise to anyone who’s gone to a German bar and tried to order a meatless meal, only to end up gnawing sadly on a giant pretzel.
Germany produced 18 percent of the world’s new vegan creations in 2016 — more than any other country, CNN reports.

Please read the entire article:
http://grist.org/briefly/the-current-winner-in-the-race-to-make-vegan-food-products-germany/ 

Vielen Dank Deutschland, Ich Liebe Sie!

48

I became 48 a few weeks ago.
I am always thankful for being alive!

Mission bay

Say thank you to the ocean for another year

Me, age 48

I am 48! not 481 ;)

Some of the lovely gifts my friends gave me

vegan lunch, spicy broccoli from Native Foods

Jibarito, veggies and plantain bread from Native Foods