This little piggy went to market.

My vegan origin story.

Photo by Forest Simon on Unsplash

This summer I was driving from Santa Fe to Denver with my mother to pick up her new puppy. We were listening to Michelle Obama’s book and had recently crossed the border from New Mexico into Colorado. The view outside my window was relaxing; rural and green and open, exotic adjectives for somebody who has spent her entire grown up life living in Los Angeles.