Author Archives: audreycadyscanlan

and other adventures So, after last week’s offering of how I like “straight up vegan,” I tried some of the “vegan products” out there that mimic different non-vegan foods- just so I could be certain of what I thought was true- for me: We tried seitan this week- a wheat product that when smushed upContinue reading “vegan week four”

Well, almost Week Three. It’ll be three weeks tomorrow. But this is when I have time to write: on Week Two plus 6 days. I am still loving exploring new recipes as we take on this new way of eating. It’s not intuitive, yet, but I am making a discovery: I prefer to eat straightContinue reading “vegan week three”

sorting it all out Here is as delicate a way that I can think of to say this: my gut is in transition. After decades of enjoying meat, eggs and dairy alongside loads of veggies, fruits and grains, my digestive system is learning and adjusting to a new way. I didn’t know how “stuck” IContinue reading “vegan week two”

Honestly, this isn’t much different than how we usually eat… or, at least, how I approach cooking. We love ethnic food, I cook most of the week’s dishes on Monday (my day off) and, if we heed the directions on the sticky notes on the refrigerator Tupperware (Quinoa and chick pea stew for Tuesday dinner;Continue reading “vegan week one”

Vegan. “You know it’s no meat, no dairy, no eggs, no honey… …you know that, right?” “Yes, I know.” “But you love roast chicken, beef stew, and steak on Sundays. A thin slice of a perfectly cured prosciutto, a wedge of parmigiano reggiano…” “Yes, I know.” “And what about these two words: Ice. Cream. Huh?!.”Continue reading “Why vegan 2022”

In the early morning, when the stars are like jewels in the inky sky and my breath turns to tiny clouds in front of my face I walk. I look silly: headlamp on top of striped woolen hat orange-green-yellow leggings a black down jacket with a reflective safety vest on top. but it’s dark andContinue reading “walking by”

Here’s an essay more than a year in the making. This version of it could be titled: “Why I stopped wearing makeup during the Coronavirus.” It’s not what you think.  It’s not laziness.  It’s not part of the slick new move where you dress only from the waist up for Zoom meetings and keep your pajama bottomsContinue reading “getting real”

Yesterday, in the sequestration program adopted across the US, I stayed at home. I said my prayers, I wrote in my daybook, I made the bed, I hosted a “drop in” zoom conference for clergy. I read a chapter from Fleming Rutledge’s collection of sermons for Holy Week, The Undoing of Death. I ate aContinue reading “why I am going hiking again today”