You Are What You Eat

Did you watch Oprah today? O and most of her staff went vegan for a week. Whatever I could care less but I did learn two things….
     #1: The slaughterhouse segment REALLY bothered me. Kathy Freston, "The veganist" perfectly described later in the show that when she saw the segment it it was just wrong in her soul. I feel the same way. I don't understand how someone can watch it and then walk away thinking. "Gee, I could really go for a steak". Granted, people do and people eat meat everyday, but it's just not me and I am fine with that.
     #2: I am already a vegetarian. I was for 10 years and then went back to eating meat. In October 2009 Jonathan Safran Foer was on Ellen promoting his new book Eating Animals. I listened as he spoke and in the five minutes it took him to tell the stories of his research for the book I decided to go back to being a vegetarian.  My husband thought "yeah right", but almost a year and a half later I have not gone back. Which makes me think how far am I from being vegan? Not that far actually. The only thing is that is making me wonder if I can can make the transition is I like cheese and Danskos. 
      I know I can be a dietary vegan, I already am sans the dairy. I am just not sure if I can not do the others things that come with being a vegan like avoiding anything that comes from an animal….that means wool! Looks like I have some thinking to do as I continue to knit my cowl of course made of, you guessed it wool!
I'll have to get back to you on this….