THE CALLS THE FALLS

I looked over the list of names of the wimmin who I need to call today to remind them of the first (LESBIAN HOUSE DINING-in-wmmin-only-space) action/event to take place in THE HOUSE.I had a total of forty wimmin to call did not realize that so many wimmin had at some time or another been a part of this group. So on about the task. I asked S...y if she would be open to calling some of the wimmin for me she said no, she did not want to be a part of the group until she saw who and how they were. So i set about the task, the first 7 wimmin I called were really happy to hear from me and that there would be an event next week, all agreed to come and said they would bring another womon, that's 14 wimmin already, but I won't fret because we now have a bigger space. The next 7 wimmin I call was not such an easy task. Three of the wimmin told me that they had started a group together of wimmin who also met twice a month and who had decided that they no longer wanted to be a part of a vegetarian group and that they wanted the freedom of inviting various speakers to the group and that sometimes those speakers would be men who were experts in their fields. And that they were open to being a part of the group if we chose to change some of our limits (and they said limits) about who could come to the group and what kind of food would be allowed. So, I told them the food choices would continue to be plant base and the group is still for wimmin only, also told them that I would not count them in for the next action/event, nor would I be calling them again, we agreed.That still left 26 wimmin for me to call, and so I began. I called 7 more wimmin, of the seven I called four said that they would be there and would bring something and would let me know what they would bring in the next few days,the three other simply said that they would be there. That left nine more wimmin to call, one womon asked that I not call her again, because she was still upset with what some womon in the group had done to her but she did not want to discuss it, two wimmin were out of town, I left the message anyway,3 wimmin said that they would be there and the other three did not answer their phones I will attempt to call those 3 latter on,tonight. The action/event is scheduled for next Wednesday night, so food preparation in on the agenda next and that really excites me.

OUR CUP BOARDS RUNNTH OVER?

Well sometimes it is difficult to remember that there are many who are hungry when you look at such a full cupboard of foods and a re frig full and most of them grown organically. I have to consider the reality of hunger. I read just recently that most of the worlds hunger is caused by the agribus and meat industry's need to make sure that they make a lot of money with the selling of animals and their body parts, with the addiction of people to the consummation of animals and their parts by making sure that what is fed to the animals will keep the human animals demanding and craving quote "MEAT" and in addition making sure that vegetables,grains, fruits are tampered with through genetic modification, a pretty term for fu..... with the genes of these food so as to get the most money. To me it seems very strange for a government to allow food tampering, to act as though they don't see what is happening, and in the same breath develop so many laws around money tampering. I remember growing up when my mother and father would say to us girls "as long as you are without malice toward others life will always be meaningful to you,it seems that there is a huge amount of malice going on in the hearts and minds of those who are seemingly in power, to not give a damn about the well being of those who have selected or elected them,quote to serve them the people. The World Vegan Society is making every effort to see to it that peoples everywhere have access to the food and the seeds to continue their own well being. Few really know how much the growing of soy to feed "live stock" diminishes and destroy the land that could be used to grow soy for human consumption that would not destroy the land and would feed the people so many times over than the slaughter of one cow, goat, chicken, pig, or turkey. Governments interested in money not people, cannot continue to exist healthily because the very ones that are needed to do the shit work are being knocked of by the quote food being presented. The very ones who have to bring more workers here so that bad governments can continue to exist are doom. The wimmin will have less capabilities to have the children that these governments depend on to full fill their expectations of workers, laborers and modern day slaves. How did I get to this? It is really easy when I think about the hunger that is real and does exist right in my own hood, I do not have to go to Africa, Asia nor South America, all i really have to see is down the streets. And then what happens? Then I want to change the diets of everyone and make vegetarian/vegan lifestyles a very living and serious happening. But how real is this? The next questions that come to mind is how did governments get so much power? How did they come in possession of so many food choices? How can this be changed? What do we(not the royal we) but the us we do to make this change? And is this real? Maybe it really is true start with myself, and the world changes.

SO ENOUGH WITH THE WHYS ALREADY

So I guess that is enough with the pondering, now to get back to having (LESBIAN HOUSE DINING-in-wimmin-only-space)actions/events. Now THE HOUSE is ready to really receive the wimmin for the events/actions,she looks good smell good and is good. The re frig is stocked to the block,we have Organic Tofu, and Seitan, Organic green beans, cabbage, collared,turnips,kale Swiss chard, rutabagas,potatoes white and sweet, onions, garlic, tomatoes,parsnips, 2 kinds of broccoli, leeks, ginger, carrots, beets, scallions, carrots, eggplant, zucchini, shallots, chives, curry leaves, basil, parsley, cilantro, thyme and dill fresh. Also there is Organic Soy milk. I have been making every effort to encourage the wimmin to eat raw so I will be including at least one raw offering at the actions/events. The soy cheese is the hardest to convince other wimmin to use, although I have used it often and everyone seemed pleased with what I do with it, it is almost impossible to convince them to eat it by itself as a cheese, will find some other recipes to use it in, cause I insisted on buying it we do have some. There is a lot of rumbling going on about the use of animal based cheese at the actions/events. Many of the wimmin want it. Many do not. So now what do we do? Remember these actions/events are supposed to use only plant based foods for serving. Why o why is it always about this eating of the animal and her products thang. I know that this will come in again soon and must be dealt with. On the shelves, we have stocked the following. Nutritional yeast, black strap molasses without sulphur, mirin,umboeshi plum vinegar, whole wheat flour, spelt flour, rice flour, millet, tvp, dried and fermented black beans, dried kidney,black eyes, navy, pintos, Lima,garbanzo, and dried pastas of all kind soba,undon,spinach noodles, buckwheat noodles. A variety of soy products, bean curd skin, yuba and fu, dried. So in reality we are ready food wise for a great time. I have to get some fresh fruits and take a look at sweets already made or to make, I am really excited about all the food stuff (healthy) and very excited to prepare, now to make contacts with the other wimmin, and I will do that tonight.

DISCRIMATION? DISCERNING?

Well it has been a while since we have had an event/action at the (LESBIAN HOUSE DINING- in- wimmin-only space), I know it is because of the move to THE HOUSE and she is almost ready for receiving others. I am going to start sending out invites to the wimmin next week, everybody is all caught up pulling the skins off of birds this week, well not everybody, but many. So there really is no need to talk alot about being vegetarian or eating vegan. I do believe those of us who are really true to being vegetarian/veganers/rawist will do what we do without all the fanfare for attention. I spoke with some wimmin today about being sincere in whatever it is we do and that sparked quite a conversation. I started the conversation by asking this question. When someone who declares themselves as a whatever,let me say as a firm believer of truth and to them truth is any womon who unites herself with another womon is bound to go hell and in reality is in hell already, and should be taught the truth about being a womon, and to them that truth is she should not be womon directed but should seek the truth about being here for the continuation of man and his kind. Is this discrimination or discernment?
Let me take another example. This one declares that they believe that only Black people should join the NAACP, and that anyone else who joins is making an attempt to disrupt and destroy the organization and therefore should not be allowed to join. Discrimination or Discernment? Let me propose another example. When the Italian Americans create their own club, French Americans, Jewish Americans, Polish Americans, Native Americans, etc., create their own organizations and are exclusively for the particular group of people, is this Discrimination or Discernment?
These are the thought I have been rolling over in my mind, over and over again. So why when we lesbian/wimmin get together with each other exclusively, WHY is this Discriminatory and not Discerning?

HAVE I COME FAR?

Well I never thought that being in a LESBIAN HOUSE DINING in wimmin-only space would lead me or rather bring me this far. And I am not so sure of how far I am. It seems to me that the more I learn the less I know and the more I see the less I am sure of. To think that going shopping with the wimmin I went with would cause me to think so much about cultural amalgamation, and cause me to really wonder if all of these thoughts and conversations are really of any value. Ultimately is this really of any value and how so?

WHO MOM AND POP?

Well the shopping went well at all the stores, the wimmin had a lotta fun at the mom and pop stores and we got a chance to talk about the importance of the continuing of any cultural place. And I told them that I thought that mom and pop businesses really were the saving grace in American culture to keep the idea of grass roots ideas alive and thriving, of course they thought that maybe I had taken the idea a bit to far to include not only grocery stores but all stores, business and social and cultural organizations that served a particular group of humans. One womon said she thought that we as humans get a chance to lean more about each other when we mix and mingle not when we stay only with our own. I gave that a lot of thought and still do and I do see the value of staying non-homogenized culturally. Another womon said that when we become exclusive orientated that our views become narrowed, discriminatory and dictatorial. I ask her if she would say that of religions, she said no she did not get the connection. I also asked if this was true did she not think that maybe such clubs as Polish, Italian,African, French and Cuban American clubs may fit that 'exclusive orientated' thang that she just spoke of? She said she thought that I was taking things just a bit to far, that was her response and she began to talk about something else with the other wimmin. I thought to myself is that how others or myself throw off conversation or thoughts that we prefer to ignore? Another thought came to me,and this is over foods different foods and thought from others so is this homogenized or non-homogenized?