Kat, I'm with you on that thought, not that I'm strong enough to live by it: I hear the earth shriek when I uproot a dandelion, I gently remove mayflies from the tub before I take a shower, I wince when I accidentally step on a snail on a rainy evening walk with my dogs--but both they and I eat meat, although I sometimes remember to apologize to the spirit of the animal whose flesh I eat.

--seed