Hi Fans (Mom)!

Just a friendly reminder I have not forgotten about my blog! Expect more pescatarian food recipes soon!

I took some time off to meet some deadlines, refocus my goals and go to Argentina and forget I was supposed to be vegetarian.

A lot of you may be pondering the same moral or intrapersonal dilemma of someone who claims to be a vegetarian or pescatarian but then goes to Argentina and eats steak for every meal because it's the "best in the world" there, or occasionally has slip-ups of a similar nature. If you're flustered and confused about the whole thing, here's my in-depth analysis of how to consider your situation and define your relationship with your moral compass and personal boundaries.

Can I still call myself a vegetarian if I occasional have one of the detailed above slip ups?

Maybe?'

Can I still consider myself someone who sticks to their guns and own moral convictions?

Maybe?

Does it matter if I don't say it matters?

Maybe?

Got it? Good.

Here's a recommendation I wrote before my hiatus.

My recommendation:

My recommendation for February is sci-fi book with a unique (or maybe unfortunately familiar) perspective. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon follows Aster aboard a generational ship that is supposedly on a 365 year journey towards the celestial promise land. Yet, her society isn't the faux-utopic futuristic society we're used to in sci-fi media---it's a historically familiar antebellum-like society, where people of color are enslaved on the lower decks, subjected to strict rules enforced by violent guards, whilst the white people live in prosperity on the upper decks---they take more than their share of electricity and heat for their golf courses, while the people below freeze. That's the setting. The story follows Aster as she pursues the mystery of her mother's death, long believing it to be a suicide, now she has reason to think otherwise. Solomon's world is vivid and compelling. Her characters are flawed, imperfect, but still likeable. The overall experience of this book is profoundly human...when much of sci-fi is plot-heavy or mechanics-heavy...this one is heart-heavy.