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February 2010

I posted about chicken soup

February 24, 2010 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I wanted to see what it felt like to post over at my personal blog, so I did. It’s here.
It felt good to post there, and while I really dislike the idea of letting go of this place, I also relish the idea of putting all the parts of my life in one place. I [...]

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Should I start a new blog?

February 23, 2010 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

The last couple weeks at home I’ve been reading so much, and cooking so much, and thinking so much, and my conclusions have been settling quietly in, like new family members.
I don’t plan on going vegan again, anytime soon. I feel badly about this, that it didn’t work for me, but I’ve been trying to [...]

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A strained omnivory

February 10, 2010 by hollie Going Vegan

Thanks for all the recent comments. I’m not back to eating meat all the time, but I have been eating more eggs than usual, and some salmon. Since the last time I wrote, I believe I’ve had salmon a couple times, and last night I had some chicken.
I’ve been sleeping like a log, which is [...]

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Assumptions I’m making as a vegetarian

February 3, 2010 by hollie Omnivory Pros and Cons

Thanks so much for all the wonderful comments and discussions! I’m so impressed with how everyone is both passionate and civil, and HELLO, if there’s going to be drinks later, you guys better invite me too.
I’ve been thinking a lot about my assumptions about food, and especially my assumptions as someone who has read 60+ [...]

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Responding to comments about my meat eating

February 2, 2010 by hollie Going Vegan

Wow, and here I thought no one I didn’t know in person read my blog, and I just woke up to seven entire comments. Seven! That’s about five more than usual. And Rustin, you read this! I really like your writing, I’m flattered.
So first off I want to thank everyone who commented, but especially the [...]

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I don’t know if I can be vegetarian.

February 1, 2010 by hollie Going Vegan

So it’s been over two months since I went veg. I sailed through the first 4 weeks. By week 5, I wasn’t feeling super great, but didn’t connect it to my diet. By week 6, I was noticing I really wasn’t feeling very good. Mostly I felt run down, and I wasn’t sleeping well. In [...]

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