AN ATTEMPT....ACCOUNTABILITY

I have been trying to keep up with the science of this covid thing.  And one thing in particular has surfaced.  It's not a matter of if, its a matter of when another pandemic is going to happen.  And it's because of the population's demand for meat.

Whether its lamb, pig, horse, cow, fish, bats, frogs, moose, deer, rodents, cats, dogs....doesn't matter.  The demand has caused overcrowded conditions for the animals and animals provide perfect hosts for viruses.  Eventually they jump to humans.  You don't even have to be eating them for that to happen.  Monkeys...aids.  Pigs....swine flu.  Birds....bird flu.  Cows....mad cow disease....chimpanzees....mersa.  And on and on.

So I am going to try to go full vegetarian, eventually vegan.  I figure if you can, do the world a favour and start to lesson the demand for meat.  And I think I can.  I have already cut my meat consumption down to almost nothing, because I get nauseated after eating meat.  But now I am going to add the political reason as well.

So I am putting it out here...accountability.  I do crave and miss meat sometimes but my son Kevin, a die hard vegan, whom I spoke with this morning,  assured me it gets easier as time goes by.  I now just need to really commit to it.  So that is what I am doing right now with you important people in my life.  I am going to quit meat.  Wish me luck and spread the word.  Meat is now an obvious cause of our current, and according to scientists, future, living condition.


So I will keep you folks informed now and then how its going.  Dinner last night was lamb chops, mint jelly, steamed carrots and green beans, bbq'ed zucchini and home growed tomatoes and onions and feta and olive oil.  I was having one last meat feed before truly diving in.  I couldn't eat the lamb chops but I sure chowed down on the rest.  Delicious.  And thanks to all the vegans, vegetarians and raw eaters that have passed through my life, I can make a pretty tasty vegetarian meal!

Wrangler isn't well.  He has a problem in his respiratory tracts.  He is snorting and clearing his throat and chest rattling.  I have been trying to find a vet but they are all too busy right now.  And actually the last clinic I talked to has said that he should go to a respiratory specialist for dogs in Victoria.  No.  Not happening.  At least not until we actually see a vet.  People seem to think its so easy to just swan off to Victoria, pay for a hotel if you can find one that takes dogs and pay a specialist, all before actually seeing a vet.  So another round of phone calls.

Anywhooo, stay safe people.  TTYL

Aryn:  
1.  Don't chew tobacco.  Okay.  I won't.

2.  Don't vape either.       Okay.  I won't.

3.  Have indoor plants.  Plants are natural air purifiers.  As it just happens, I recently bought three Boston ferns...the dirty little blighters.  They may clean the air but they sure dirty the floor.  I had forgotten about that part.  And I know you have plants....its a good thing.  Say hi to Steve for me.  And talk to them.  It might not help the plant but it can sure help you.

4.  Avoid pesticides on produce.  No licking the cantaloupe.  Not good for you.  Go organic, even if it breaks the bank.  That being said, the ones to avoid first are:  strawberries, apples, nectarines, peaches, celery, grapes, cherries, tomatoes, spinach, bell peppers and cucumbers.

5.  Don't microwave food in plastic containers.  Well you don't even own a microwave so....never mind.