Author Archives: audreycadyscanlan

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”