Who were your shoes?

My Long Icicle boots from Vegan Wares, Melbourne

My Vegan Wares birthday boots – and my chunky calves.

“Who do you think those shoes were?” There’s nothing like a newly-vegan teenager to bring you back to earth when you’re trying to wear out your old leather shoes!

My daughter was referring, of course, to the animal whose skin was used to make my shoes.
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Happy birthday, Edgar’s Mission!

Hip HopBob, a black pig from Edgar's Mission

Hip Hop Bob sniffing around at Princes Park on Edgar’s Mission’s 10th birthday.

I’ve been deep in Assignment-Writing Land lately, but today I took a day out to join in the 10th birthday celebrations for Edgar’s Mission, as they launched their Kindness Challenge.

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