To escape the factory farm. At least that’s how Jonathan Safran Foer would explain it based on his book, Eating Animals.  Using his unique style similar to Everything is Illuminated, and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Foer investigates the process of how meat gets from the farm to our table. The impetus for this investigation was when he was deciding whether to raise his newborn son on a vegetarian diet or as an omnivore. I can relate to Foer’s journey because it’s something I’ve done […]

I’ve never read anything by Anne Lamott before, although I’ve heard her name.  So when a member of my book club suggested Traveling Mercies, I was excited to see what her writing was all about.  And I’m glad I did.  Lamott is from the San Francisco Bay Area, a place I’m familiar with having been born and lived in Northern California for several years.  It was refreshing to hear mention of places I knew or could relate to her experiences at the beach while looking […]