tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post138390864217662322..comments2024-03-28T18:56:40.998-07:00Comments on STARDREAMING With Sherry Blue Sky: Eating as a Revolutionary ActSherry Blue Skyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-52408408900622516312016-03-29T16:36:37.522-07:002016-03-29T16:36:37.522-07:00Hear, hear! This is so true, Sherry and we need to...Hear, hear! This is so true, Sherry and we need to let more and more people know that it is possible to change the fate of our planet through such revolutionary acts as changing our diet!Intellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-65532751923316735162016-03-26T07:03:08.841-07:002016-03-26T07:03:08.841-07:00Hey Sherry--I am with you here! I have been a veg...Hey Sherry--I am with you here! I have been a vegetarian for about forty years. I do eat fish occasionally, to avoid anemia--and eggs and milk, but we are lucky enough to get them from local producers, small farms, and I feel like I'm helping to keep them in business. I should try cashew milk though! Anyway, loved the poem. k. Outlawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698845661756444061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-28700292132869387212016-03-25T11:02:49.950-07:002016-03-25T11:02:49.950-07:00Your voice is so needed...thank you, for the power...Your voice is so needed...thank you, for the powerful truth delivered both poetically and in facts. This is so true:<br /><br />"we all can reduce our meat consumption, and ensure whatever meat we do consume is grass-fed, and humanely raised. Small steps such as eating meatless more often, having one plant-based meal a day,"<br /><br />And is how I've been managing the difficult facts. If it were just me to feed I'd go vegetarian in a heartbeat but the rest of my family wouldn't like it. Sigh.<br /><br />Thank you.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10124956200834969600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-41728794556389596392016-03-25T09:27:31.331-07:002016-03-25T09:27:31.331-07:00I've been vegetarian for many years. Going ve...I've been vegetarian for many years. Going vegan has been a challenge for me, but I hope to overcome it. It's actually good for my health. I love the strength in this write Sherry. We can't deny those facts and hopefully more people will join the food revolution.Myrna R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15088915165678737118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-60891909294469702452016-03-25T07:38:47.794-07:002016-03-25T07:38:47.794-07:00your poetry does a lovely job bringing this issue ...your poetry does a lovely job bringing this issue to the forefront - The health benefits of eating more veggies and fruit are real... less meat is a great idea and science seemingly has reversed their mind on the health benefits of milk - with that said I am trying to make a small difference - eat organic and signing up for a coop farm weekly basket of goods and getting my meat from a local farm - grass fed, etc. Lovely right on a tough issue. Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007201357693227614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-35094954785184296032016-03-25T03:50:36.802-07:002016-03-25T03:50:36.802-07:00Great initiative and tribute to a great cause!Great initiative and tribute to a great cause!Amit Agarwalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979122044199890176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-749973693734039832016-03-24T12:13:59.780-07:002016-03-24T12:13:59.780-07:00Unparallel verses...nice takeUnparallel verses...nice takeIla Varmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13031708935104756373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-34025232359332931572016-03-24T11:13:18.745-07:002016-03-24T11:13:18.745-07:00To be honest, I'm conflicted on this issue. I ...To be honest, I'm conflicted on this issue. I grew up on a small farm. Before I was old enough to legally drive, I had delivered calves and visited a slaughterhouse (beginning to end). We cared for our land and our animals (even those destined for slaughter). Still, I know those family farms have been largely replaced with corporate agriculture which is a horror. Even I have adopted some meatless days now.Maude Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669688074743095866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-61604543777925885962016-03-24T07:50:49.193-07:002016-03-24T07:50:49.193-07:00I am a vegan and the reason I chose to be one is t...I am a vegan and the reason I chose to be one is the very ones you state here so eloquently!Carol Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09366366047409134966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-72354206056783383082016-03-24T07:34:54.957-07:002016-03-24T07:34:54.957-07:00We here are about 90% vegetarian, I would say. Ap...We here are about 90% vegetarian, I would say. Apart from chicken once in a while or so and salmon very sporadically. Sad about the treatment of animals & also the factor of climate change!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366010389846904663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-42135617869919364492016-03-24T06:18:26.879-07:002016-03-24T06:18:26.879-07:00Sherry, here is what I just read before reading yo...Sherry, here is what I just read before reading your poem. "Cows drink 45 billion gallons of water and eat 135 billion pounds of food each day. A lot of farmland is needed to feed them instead of people. 70 billion farmed animals are reared annually worldwide. More than 6 million are killed for food every hour. I get weirded out when I see some kid take one bite of his hamburger at a diner and wants to throw out the rest."<br />Maybe there is a message here.Gabriellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968615376035959259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-76132285510246353682016-03-24T05:49:30.620-07:002016-03-24T05:49:30.620-07:00Thank you. I am almost vegetarian – but had not re...Thank you. I am almost vegetarian – but had not realised this effect of it.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-32446577923643162732016-03-24T01:05:30.795-07:002016-03-24T01:05:30.795-07:00that eating a plant-based diet
is a revolutionary ...that eating a plant-based diet<br />is a revolutionary act,<br />my fork took on new status<br />as a change agent.<br /><br />One feels unease at having to contribute towards acts hastening climate change. A holistic redemption by those powers that be seems absent. A pity! Great lines Sherry! Very exhaustive take!<br /><br />Hankkaykualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240206222973305395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-80740562194730795102016-03-23T21:26:46.807-07:002016-03-23T21:26:46.807-07:00Oh, I am right here with you Sherry. It makes me s...Oh, I am right here with you Sherry. It makes me so ill to think what animals are put through so they can arrive on our plates. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-25274438821866059962016-03-23T21:26:43.528-07:002016-03-23T21:26:43.528-07:00Oh, I am right here with you Sherry. It makes me s...Oh, I am right here with you Sherry. It makes me so ill to think what animals are put through so they can arrive on our plates. Susie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09239990133754328967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-92223102521964364972016-03-23T14:49:24.458-07:002016-03-23T14:49:24.458-07:00Those vegetables are very good for you and your vo...Those vegetables are very good for you and your voice once again comes through in verse.Truedessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09079953417572207613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-77516490239683810582016-03-23T14:15:06.476-07:002016-03-23T14:15:06.476-07:00It is likely that our change from Vegetarians to O...It is likely that our change from Vegetarians to Omnivores over many thousands of years ago has brought us to the state we are in today. We are aggressive, cruel, divisive and lacking understanding on survival. Now how can we convince a few billion more people to change? This really is a great poem Sherry.Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-32089209721160507892016-03-23T14:03:32.059-07:002016-03-23T14:03:32.059-07:00A great poem with a great idea behind it. Powerful...A great poem with a great idea behind it. Powerful I think because of the strong, vivid images you create. Matthew Henningsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561605742904573649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-25776760035779024752016-03-23T11:33:23.528-07:002016-03-23T11:33:23.528-07:00My road to vegetarianism started, back, in the 198...My road to vegetarianism started, back, in the 1980s, when I stopped eating pork and gradually grew from there. With the final nail, for me, being stuck, in a homeless shelter (nine years ago), and not trusting, what was being presented to me, as meat, I went vegetarian. Now, almost to the point of being vegan, in my diet, except for the odd bit of cheese and the guilty pleasure of halibut and chips. Only pick up meat, for Star, Venus and Squeak (Salmon, as a treat) and their cat food.Therisa's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14158009488213815860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-55217831450628343822016-03-23T10:32:26.215-07:002016-03-23T10:32:26.215-07:00Wonderful piece and so full of good advice.Wonderful piece and so full of good advice.annell4https://www.blogger.com/profile/07629830133868270690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-57587842011061161072016-03-23T10:09:35.270-07:002016-03-23T10:09:35.270-07:00You are a diligent protector of the planet Sherry!...You are a diligent protector of the planet Sherry! I have a compulsive eating problem...I need to learn from your example. Such a wise and wonderful post!!Carrie Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11715648073882529202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-87271033347489732722016-03-23T09:31:13.808-07:002016-03-23T09:31:13.808-07:00Very good Sherry! I wish I could be so strong as t...Very good Sherry! I wish I could be so strong as to stay away from meat.Bekkie Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300001421561443693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-77800483750754721412016-03-23T09:09:51.693-07:002016-03-23T09:09:51.693-07:00Bravo Sherry!Bravo Sherry!Christine Lowtherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882901829897427540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-44199484108287458762016-03-23T08:18:44.832-07:002016-03-23T08:18:44.832-07:00No holds barred here, Sherry. Bravo! Always, it&...No holds barred here, Sherry. Bravo! Always, it's the images that work on our spirits.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723639294340760325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777854594703553858.post-65830205453154396732016-03-23T06:57:03.397-07:002016-03-23T06:57:03.397-07:00Yes - meat is murder and yet how quickly the mind ...Yes - meat is murder and yet how quickly the mind can forget that what is on our plate is also a sentient being..maybe it is another reflection of how far removed we are from Mother Earth..Jae Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509244123008832611noreply@blogger.com