Retail magazines have never quite done it for me. In fact, I get agitated at the sight of a celebrity gossip rag and teeter toward aggressive when people I like are reading them. Yet there is one that I am pretty fond of: VegNews. Now, VegNews is no US Weekly, but as far as reading material goes, it's the only magazine I read on a regular basis that is sold in stores. Academic journals and punk zines gain more traction in the landscape of my interest.
Yet, while I don't over-consume magazines, I do read a lot of publications that are relatively disposable; local weeklies like City Beat, The Reader, Encinitas Magazine, Vision Magazine, and the Coast News all come to mind. In addition I receive monthly publications from many of the non-profit organizations I am a member of. It adds up quickly and the reading rack in the bathroom could be considered a fire hazard.
Which is why I will start passing on these publications frequently. My mom, Lynda, is the first to receive a few of them. Not only is she getting these three issues of VegNews, I am promising that she will get them for as long as we are subscribers.
My mom went vegan in the summer of 2007 when her doctor informed her that her cholesterol was over 230. The physician was ready to prescribe a pharmaceutical to combat this, and lower her risk of heart disease, but mom knew better. Having two vegan children, she was well aware of the health benefits of going vegan (my cholesterol is 102).
After a year of maintaining her new lifestyle, I can now say that my mom makes the best chocolate cake I've ever had, and of course, it's vegan. Her cholesterol is around 150, without the use of a drug, and she has done it all on her own. So, she's the perfect match for our VegNews issues.
In addition, I have given her my copy of Sondre Lerche's most recent album, "Phantom Punch". I hope she will enjoy it as much as I have, and maybe Sondre's upbeat jams will inspire her to make a delectable new vegan dish.
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