On the eve of my 7th veganversary I decided to celebrate by doing another extended juice fast. Normally juice fasts are pondered and planned, but this was a spur of the moment decision. I woke the next morning on 10/10/22 and began. Juicing tends to spur bits of inner reflection, and this time around I will share some of that here, beginning with the question: WHY JUICE FAST? Y’all know by now that I like food. I am creative by nature and food is one of my palettes. So why choose to do without for days or weeks in end? Because it agrees with my digestive system. Initially I wanted to give my digestive tract a break, but I also didn’t want to starve my body of nutrients. Juice fasting seemed like the perfect answer…except that life to some degree revolves around food. So I decided to fast during my frequent conservator-related trips, during which life is completely different anyway, so why not simplify things by not having to think about or tend to food I honestly didn’t know what to expect, especially given my brief dance with anorexia 40 years ago. Because of that I decided to be kind to myself if I felt the need to stop early. What I didn’t expect was how well my body felt while fasting. It took a bit of getting used to, but once I remembered to drink more juice when hunger struck I was shocked by how easy it was. To be continued…