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"I think about where the food came from and the amount of work necessary to grow the food, transport it, prepare and cook it and bring it to the table." -- The Buddha, Five Contemplations When Eating

"Man resembles no carnivorous animal." -- Percy Shelley, A Vindication of Natural Diet

"Therefore, vegetarians should have that moral basis—that a man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows." -- Mahatma Ghandi, Diet and Diet Reform

"The repugnance to animal food is not the effect of experience, but is an instinct." -- Henry David Thoreau, Waldon

"It has long been a belief that odors have a curious effect on morals . . ." -- L.S.M. Curtin, Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande

"How far is anyone justified, be he an authority or a layman, in expressing or trying to express in terms of music (in sounds, if you like) the value of anything, material, moral, intellectual, or spiritual, which is usually expressed in terms other than music? How far afield can music go and keep honest as well as reasonable or artistic?" -- Charles Ives, Essays Before a Sonata

Ups and Downs

Posted by Casey on December 16, 2007

Three unexpected things happened today . . .

This morning I went to a funeral for a cat. Mr. Whiskers belonged to a friend and was hit by a car this morning. He was a fun loving cat with lots of personality and his presence will be missed. He was buried out in the country on a horse ranch, between a pair of trees.

This afternoon I got an email informing me that my story “Harleys in Driftwood” has been selected for an anthology–A TIME TO … Volume 2 – The Best of The Lorelei Signal 2007. That was a nice surprise.

This evening when I came back from part 2 of my life list experience (you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to find out what it is) I got an email announcing that the December Special Issue of Coyote Wild is up. My story “Lighthouse at the Edge of the Universe” happens to be in that issue. So that was a really nice surprise.

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Claudia said

December 16, 2007 at 6:14 am
Amazing what life can bring you, isn’t it?

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Casey said

December 16, 2007 at 6:26 am
It is amazing. There’s something to that old saying “when it rains, it pours.”

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