Chore Day, Jan 4, 2020 -- Cookin' and Sleepin'

Today I ran out of steam. The hectic week caught up to me, and my body said, “Dude, get some rest.” After I went to the local food co-op and did the shopping, I baked burgers for my furry children and made a plant-based cheese-like sauce for myself. Then I crashed on the Kivik (a piece of IKEA furniture) and slept the sleep of an exhausted artist.

My wife took this photo because she thought I looked picturesque and a little angelic. On the footstool are issues of Apartamento Magazine. By my left foot is the air filter we need to deal with the summer air pollution.

Chore Day, December 7, 2019 -- The Surface Area of the Small Intestine and Apartamento Magazine

I spent the morning thinking about the importance of food. That led to reading about our amazing small intestine — I learned that the surface area of our small intestine is an area as large as a sidewalk 600 feet long. I learned that there are trillions of bacteria, mostly friendly, some unfriendly, living inside me. These facts are inspirational. I want to learn more. The sources of my inspiration are Becoming Vegan and Becoming Raw by Vesanto Melina and Brenda Davis.

I also subscribed to the Spanish magazine, Apartamento Magazine, a biannual magazine about how people actually live, not about celebrity photo ops and not about sterile cookie cutter interior design.

Of course, I also cooked food for next week. I made a cheese-like sauce made with cauliflower and nutritional yeast, and some spaghetti sauce with lots of onions, mushrooms, and lentils.

It was a rewarding chore day.