Adventures in Whole-Food, Plant-Based Eating
I realize that this title could very well be a reader’s reaction to this blog, but that is not what I discuss in this post. Rather, it is a sales gimmick that I have encountered twice this year when buying big ticket items. I fell for it the first time....
I am a native-born citizen of the United States, as were my parents. The prior generation were immigrants, Jews from eastern Europe. I attended public schools in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Northridge, California. The education was mixed with a generous portion of indoctrination. When one course is set for all,...
I thought about calling this post “Prison Break,” but decided that would be too clever and obscure. Kathryn and I recently finished binge watching five seasons of a television show with that name on Netflix. But that really has no connection with this post. It is late September 2024, and...
It is a hot Tuesday in August 2024. Our skydiving group, the Wuest Ways has made two jumps early, trying to make four before it gets too hot and the dust devils amplify the danger of landing. Because there is a military team training here at Perris today, we get...
Click on any image to see it in full resolution. Our trip to Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky went off without a hitch. There were some twists on the return, however. The plan had been to return our rental car at the Cincinnati airport early afternoon on Monday July 16,...
Click on any image to see it in full resolution. Friday night, after an early vegan dinner in Indiana, we drove our rented Malibu through Cincinnati to a Kentucky suburb to see our best friends Mike and Amy Canary. We stopped for some flowers and a few provisions along the...
Click on any of the images to see them at full resolution. The morning after our visit in Peoria, we began the driving part of the trip. It was a pleasant drive through the corn and soybean farmland, passing through the towns of Homer and Paris. I am tempted to...
Click on any of the images to see them at full resolution. It has been an eventful year, and it’s only July. We discovered a hot water leak in the crawl space under our house on January 18. It had likely been there for almost two weeks and did a...
Guides on whole food, plant-based eating often address the special challenges of eating at restaurants or while traveling. We are planning to do both this summer, and we expect to make compromises. When traveling, we still don’t eat animal products, but we might eat food with a little more oil,...
The terrorist attacks on Sep. 11, 2001, were the most severe enemy action on United States soil in American history. They precipitated great shows of public patriotism, such as displaying flags on motor vehicles. Also to travel restrictions and inconveniences, and, tragically, to domestic hate crimes against innocent people. Beyond...
