Please excuse my absence ...

One of the great things about being vegan, at least for me, is a marked reduction in getting sick. Since I became vegan (around 2001), I had never caught a cold or - until now - a flu. Perhaps from one of the classes that I teach where there was a sick student, I seem to have caught something that has me tired, sleeping about 12 hours a day (!) and with a minimal appetite for anything more than maybe soup and toast or mashed potatoes. I first felt a sore throat on Sunday the 20th (my last blog posting), which largely went away in a day or so, but the fatigue and other symptoms are still with me. I hate visiting doctors but after a week of a lot of rest, I'm going to give my family doctor a try tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll have more treats to share with my blog readers (and of course my poor wife, patiently surviving on simple meals) soon!