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A couple smiling as they eat meat at a dinner table, while their reflections in the window behind them look sad, and a cow and a pig look in from outside
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Part 2: The Psychological Impact of Eating Animals and Animal Products on Consumers

A child rests her forehead against a baby goat's while a grandmother and boy gently greet a lamb and a piglet in a sunny meadow
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Part 3: The Psychological Mechanisms of Empathy

A weary worker sits alone on a bench at dusk with his head bowed, while faint glowing images of cows and pigs appear in the sky above him
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Part 4: Moral Injury in Slaughterhouse Workers

People of all ages happily choosing colorful plant-based meals in a sunny community cafeteria, with a cow and pig grazing outside the window
October 12, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Part 5: Meat Paradox Interventions: What Actually Helps

Storybook illustration of two little girls of similar height seen from behind, holding hands in a sunny meadow with a small Maltipoo, a big white fluffy dog, a cow, pig, sheep, goat and chickens
October 11, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

You’ve Got a Friend: A Tribute to My Friend Barbara

Watercolor painting of an autumn Ozark landscape with a garden bed, a basket of flower bulbs, comfrey plants, and stone-bordered beds in front of colorful wooded hills
October 3, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Planting a Paradise: A Fall Guide for Ozark Gardeners

Painted illustration of a varied household laughing and cooking plant-based food together in a sunny country kitchen, with a dog napping on the floor and a dining table set with flowers and colorful dishes
October 2, 2026October 21, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

Vegan Co-Living Handbook

A white Great Pyrenees standing at the stone springhouse built into a mossy limestone bluff, with a green pipe leading away
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

How Safe Is a Spring? Why What Lives Uphill Matters

A tall bronze and gold sunflower growing inside the fenced lower garden, with the log house and green boulder cascade behind it
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

About This Blog — A Note From Patricia

The Living Springs Log House seen from below a ledge of large Ozark boulders, with the bay window, garage, and deck under a red metal roof
October 2, 2026October 20, 2026 Patricia Mikkelson

The Home I Love: Living Springs Log House

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