Feminist Fantasy
Life has presented me with a few challenges these past few months. I wrote about the loss of one of my beautiful Bernese Mountain Dog Rebel in November and didn’t write about a health challenge I faced and overcame in January.
And only now am I able to write about the latest (and here’s hoping final) blow.
The one that floored me.
The one that left me devastated and beyond heartbroken.
But let me go back to November.
I’ve been a bit quiet online lately, partly because I have been head down tail up in the first draft of Fire Moon but over the past couple of weeks I’ve had something else preoccupying me.
One of my dogs became sick. And then she died.
Ever since I was a child I have loved animals. I love animals so much that seven years ago I transitioned to a vegetarian and ultimately vegan lifestyle. I did my psychology honours thesis on the psychology of eating meat and likely jeopardised my chance of graduating with first class honours by doing so. So be it. I am not preachy about my lifestyle choice, I just live it. [Read more…] about Love. Life. Loss.
