Apologies for the lack of activity here but there are times when silence is actually quite nice. The winter weather has been disruptive to normal service on this blog but that’s hardly an excuse.
I’m trying to stay focused on writing a book about what it means to care about animals. This is somewhat of a legitimate and reasonable account for my absence.
I’ve also been reading a lot. This includes Sheila Rowbotham’s biography of Edward Carpenter, which I enjoyed but found wanting because it frequently felt that it was more about the world he lived in rather than his life. I’m about to finish James Rachels’ Created from Animals. It has been simultaneously challenging and stimulating. It’s a fascinating case where the intersection of Darwin and the theory of evolution intersect with what our moral relationship with animals should be.
