humanity

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I spent yesterday afternoon with my four year old son. We went to the park and ran errands, one of which was to the supermarket. Each item that I put in my basket, my son asked, "Is this from an animal?"

Now, we are not vegetarians. We do cook meat in our home as well as offer many choices as an alternate such as tofu, tempeh, etc. but we have never impacted our son's views. This, all on his own, is his choice. He does not want anyone, especially his parents to buy or eat meat and he refuses to eat it. He is upset by the fish that sits on ice, and the lobsters that slowly await their fate. He has a warm heart and can not understand why we would kill an animal for food.

While we can not all have the same convictions as a four-year-old, we can do something to make the lives better of those animals that are being raised for food. Do something by contacting the link above and going to the downed animal and food safety protection act. We can protect ourselves and the animals that keep us alive.

Faster, Faster...

"Nowadays it's all about faster, faster. I love handmade things, objects where someone took the care and time to make them. There was love involved. We can't all sit down and carve tables or make shoes by hand, but we can appreciate those who do." -anonymous

T.R. Risk is one of those few who we can all learn a little something about life and humility and love. To be able to set out and do what you love and keep that inspiration burning despite all the difficulties and challenges is an achievement. I aspire to be more like him than anyone will ever know and I guess that is why I am so dedicated to the work and the belief in what we do. I look around and see so little fulfillment of the dreams we each have had and wonder why more of us are not pursuing our dreams, our loves, our passions. Life is here and now. Thre is so much beauty in the details of life....

Everyone has to view these pictures of TR working at his shop....They are amazing!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tassoni/sets/72157603842831233/