Gary is a sucker for Valentine's Day -- well, at least for a Valentine's Day balloon!  A few years ago when this photo was taken, this balloon was in the living room and I was in my office.  Out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly see the balloon coming through the door towards me at my desk, seemingly under its own power.  I looked down to see Gary with the balloon's ribbon in his mouth walking over to me.  He was bringing me the Valentine's Day balloon!  Now that's a sweet cat!  (By the way, please excuse Gary's goofy expression -- I think his lip got hooked on his tooth.)

I want to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day.  Whether you celebrate it or not, I just think it's a great day to think about love.  To me being vegan is all about love:  Love for animals.  Love for our planet.  And love for ourselves and our family and friends by eating a healthy diet. 

Cookbook Giveaway Winner:  It was fun to read how everyone plans to celebrate Valentine's Day -- thanks to all who participated in the giveway!  The mighty Random.org random number generator has chosen one lucky winner of a copy of Vegan Fire and Spice and two coupons for free So Delicious products.  The winner is:  "Matthew" -- congrats!!! Matthew, please e-mail me with your mailing address and I'll get the book and coupons right out to you.

BONUS WINNER:  In reading through the comments, I noticed that J has no kitchen while her new kitchen is being installed.  Having gone through that myself a few years back, I couldn't have done it without the recipes in Vegan Unplugged. So...."J", please send me your address and I'll send you a copy of Vegan Unplugged so you can cook yummy vegan food without a kitchen!

Happy V(egan) Day, everyone from me...and Gary!

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