Exploration 1: A Day of Veggies & Something I Made Up*
I understand that my excitement within having a complete vegetarian friendly day might get lost in translation. It's just vegetables, right? Right. As I am sure many of you can understand, I love meat. It sounds weird, I know, that I'm in such rigorous pursuit for a diet of mainly vegetables, fruit and starches. I love sandwiches, supreme and pepperoni pizza, pork chops, cheeseburgers, steak, fried chicken - I could go on and on. I really do love eating meat. When I report that I'm doing good on the vegetable streak, I really am excited because this is a journey! Now that we're all on the same page. Lately I have been doing rather excellent on the all veggie mission. I'll admit that every so often I might dig into the bag of deer jerky that's sitting on the counter. It's not the same as we make it back on the reservation, but it's jerky. Who doesn't love jerky? But just a nibble here and there. And last night I did pop three small pigs-in-a-blanke...