Tale of Two Dreamers

Christmas at the Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC 2017

I met Pamela Ziemann (or as she likes to be called, "pam ELLE a")  in a Natural Vision Coach Training in Redondo Beach, CA in January 2016. We spent a week trying to shed our glasses with six other people. I found the work compelling because it so closely mirrored what I do to help people move through back pain. So I decided to become a certified vision coach.

She had an enthusiasm and vivaciousness that made me want to sit next to her. One day I said "I think we're birds of a feather" and she nodded in agreement.

I also said to her at the end of the program, "Wouldn't it be cool to be able to hop in my camper vehicle and travel up the coast to visit you in Oregon for a bit after this is done." Again, she nodded in agreement with a wide grin.

 Pamela in "If I Were Me I'd Know What I Want"

Pamela shared that she grew up on a dairy farm and this was the reason she was now a vegan. The suffering of the animals was torture for her as a child but was just the culture that everyone simply accepted in Minnesota. 

She is now a professional speaker and play write and wrote a one woman show called "If I Were Me I'd Know What I Want" in which she tackles the topic of dairy farming, in part, by recalling being forced to try out for the "Dairy Princess" contest on the night she wanted desperately to go see Alice Cooper.

And she's hitting the road.

In a car.

Like me.  At the same time this year. To take her show out there and spread her talent and the important message of how dairy is produced. It's not the Ben and Jerry happy cow story that you wish it were.  She's already performed around the west, in Manhattan and is heading soon to Tucson.

Which is very cool because sooooooo many folks dream of doing this, and she's doing it!

She bought herself and INCREDIBLE Chrysler Pacifica hybrid mini-van that gets (you ready for this?) 85 MPG.... She's used one tank of gas since August. She plugs in at night otherwise. That thing you see in there is her bed and storage.

Pam and I are sharing the sisterhood of small space living and of  cooking in our "Roadpro" luchbox 12 volt cooker (I've begged her to share her cooking experiences as a vegan, most of the videos on Youtube using the Roadpro  are very meat and potatoes).

This is what is very, very fun and cool about this community. We all want each other to succeed and we share our secrets gladly and effortlessly.

Some very funny moments below...... here's Pam ELLE a and "'If I Were Me I'd Know What I Want."

Watch Trailer of Pamela here

I'm heading to Fernadina Beach/Amelia Island on Dec 29th hopefully to watch the "Shrimp Drop" on New Year's Eve.

LOVE YOU ALL! and thank you for your readership.... and support. 

OH and BTW, Pamela has a sweet little French Bulldog named Ruby who is also going along!

Ruby

AND LOVE HEARING FROM YOU!

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