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cosy-vegetarian
type: Note
content: The cosy vegetarian cafe in Kirkcaldy (Anderson's) has been made-over as a grill house (by the same owners). Paint me heartbroken.
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published: 2022-02-10T15:22:38+00:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife

kirkcaldy-artisan
type: Note
content: The Kirkcaldy Artisan Friday market is back! To celebrate, in exchange for goods, I gave money to Mix Fruit, Hughes Bakery, Grain and Sustain, (Not) Just Herbal Tea, The Happy Go Lucky Dog Company, Ecobean, and The Tiffin. I do love to keep the Kirkcaldy economy moving.
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published: 2022-02-04T20:35:39+00:00
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tag: grain+and+sustain
tag: hughes+bakery

making-home
type: Article
content: On this day in 2021 I moved into my flat. I got the keys two weeks prior, but one week prior the boiler gave up and it was freezing, so I had to postpone. On February the 14th, Dave and I unpacked boxes, cleaned anything we hadn't already cleaned, and exhaustedly wondered what we should do for dinner. I begrudgingly started getting out some vegetables. There was a knock at the door with an Indian food delivery. We hadn't ordered Indian food. The guy left, then came back again. Were we sure? Dave checked the name on the order. It was ours. Only then did we remember we had pre-ordered it some days before, knowing we would not be in the mood for cooking dinner that night. Great work, past us. When I bought this flat, I was full of doubts. I'd never expected to own property, nor particularly wanted to. It was in a middling state of disrepair - habitable, but not pleasant - and I didn't know anything about decorating or have any idea what work would be involved. I thought I'd be on the road again, nomadding, within a few months, and that this would be a place for Dave to live if he hadn't found somewhere else by then. It turned out to be a great decision. I've made amazing friends here. The local community is wonderful. The local nature is incredible. I can see the sea from my window and go down to the beach every day for spectacular sunrises. I can borrow my neighbours pets. I have learned a ton of DIY skills. I have barely had itchy feet to travel again the whole time. I still feel like I'm on holiday every time I walk outside. What I saved in rent I sunk into improving the flat interior, which would have been difficult if not impossible without the hands-on help of friends and family. I tried to do as much secondhand as possible, or failing that, using local companies. There were a few big chains involved as well though. All of my furniture is from local secondhand shops, Gumtree, Freegle, given by friends, or a nearby skip. As of last week, I've almost done all of th…
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name: Making my home
published: 2022-02-14T14:14:14+00:00
tag: fife
tag: home
tag: household
tag: diy
tag: life

max-thinks-yoga
type: Note
content: Max thinks yoga is a funny game that is all about him.
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published: 2022-02-19T14:30:55+00:00
tag: dog
tag: max
tag: yoga
tag: life

photos-ambles
type: Add
content: Today's ambling around Dysart.
published: 2022-02-14T20:25:22+00:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-ambles-3
type: Add
content: Sunrises, beach walkies, full moon.
published: 2022-02-16T20:34:48+00:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-ambles-4
type: Add
content: Braw day with the braw dog.
published: 2022-02-17T18:39:56+00:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-desserts
type: Add
content: It's amazing what a bottle of raspberry coulis can do to make anything fancy. Today's michelin star quality Community Kitchen desserts, peach and coconut jelly set with agar, with a spring of mint from the garden. I also made lemon and coffee jelly this week, on my six-monthly agar kick.
published: 2022-02-23T17:14:02+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
target: madefood

photos-dysart
type: Add
content: Beautiful Dysart.
published: 2022-02-09T08:14:21+00:00
summary: Amy added 12 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-dysart-2
type: Add
content: Rainy walk along Ravenscraig beach.
published: 2022-02-09T19:24:03+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-dysart-3
type: Add
content: Another beautiful day with Max.
published: 2022-02-11T21:45:34+00:00
summary: Amy added 17 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-dysart-4
type: Add
content: Max was a lazy bean. Weather was drizzly so we only did little walks, but he didn't mind. Big rainbow.
published: 2022-02-20T22:25:54+00:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-edi
type: Add
content: A beautiful sunny day in Edinburgh. A wander around town, across the Meadows, climb up Arthur's Seat, food in Beetroot Sauvage and The Doghouse.
published: 2022-02-27T22:34:48+00:00
summary: Amy added 36 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202202-edi/
target: 202202-edi

photos-espresso
type: Add
content: Espresso machine havoc that lasted for weeks is finally put back together.
published: 2022-02-19T18:02:22+00:00
summary: Amy added 3 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
target: diy

photos-floor
type: Add
content: Took up the smelly old carpet in my bedroom and removed damaged floorboards. Insulated what was possible of the pipes beneath, and fit new floorboards. Then laid new laminate floor, as modelled by Max.
published: 2022-02-06T19:42:15+00:00
summary: Amy added 22 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
target: diy

photos-floor-2
type: Add
content: Finished floor edging and skirting for the missing bits of skirting, and put my room back together. Also got an adorable stool for the extra couple of inches I need to get into the hammock now.
published: 2022-02-11T13:48:00+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
target: diy

photos-food
type: Add
content: Berry muffins at Community Kitchen. Homemade seedy bread at home.
published: 2022-02-04T13:58:25+00:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
target: madefood

photos-food-2
type: Add
content: Velvet shanks on homemade seedy bread. Blackcurrent pie with a nut/date crust and peanutbutter cup topping. Lemon pies and choc chip muffins in the Community Kitchen.
published: 2022-02-11T09:57:02+00:00
summary: Amy added 12 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
target: madefood

photos-food-3
type: Add
content: Almond chocolate brownies in the Community Kitchen. Super gooey. Even the gluten free batch (which were identical except for gluten free flour). Refined-sugar-free blackcurrent cakes at home (contains banana and coconut sugar); the batter was art. And a loaf of seedy bread.
published: 2022-02-19T17:33:45+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
target: madefood

photos-foray
type: Add
content: First foray of the year. Winter oysters and velvet shank. A bit slimy, but fine on toast.
published: 2022-02-07T17:43:05+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-foraging/
target: 2022-foraging

photos-garden
type: Add
content: Tomato, gherkin, courgette, cucumber and fancy squash seedlings are coming along. My purple sprouting broccoli, that I thought capterpillars killed last autumn, is sprouting once more! And onions I planted in December are still coming up.
published: 2022-02-19T12:59:20+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
target: growstuff

photos-hammock
type: Add
content: My hammock is now attached to the walls instead of on a stand. This gives me a lot more space around it, but more importantly makes it high enough that I can see the sea and the sunrise from it, so I never need to get up again.
published: 2022-02-01T20:31:49+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
target: diy

photos-krompirusa
type: Add
content: I made krompiruša! My favourite Bosnian (or in fact Balkan) food. I never made it at home before because the pastry is complicated, but I was left some pre-made puff pastry which worked out perfectly. I rolled one a bit thin and it broke but had the best texture, and the other less thin so it held together but wasn't exactly right. But still delicious. Obviously I also got some Vegeta for the occasion. I'm feeling very nostalgic for Sarajevo right now.
published: 2022-02-22T14:08:49+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
target: madefood

photos-lowenna
type: Add
content: Lowenna came to visit. She and Max tornado'd around for a while until Max decided she smells tooooo good and they had to be separated by a door. Outside, the ball was not enough of a distraction, and I had to pry Max off her then hold him down with my full weight while M took Lowenna out of the way. Sigh.
published: 2022-02-10T21:35:15+00:00
summary: Amy added 19 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-max
type: Add
content: Max had a run in with a beagle thing called Banjo in Ravenscraig Park. We crossed paths twice, the first time was fine though it was clear Banjo didn't like Max. The second time Max was strutting a bit but keeping his distance, then Banjo just went for him. It does Max good to get snapped at from time to time, especially by smaller dogs, because he's used to being the alpha. I didn't realise Banjo actually drew blood until we were a little way down the path (and I could hear Banjo getting a good telling off behind us). It was just a nick to his ear, but turns out they bleed a lot. When we got home he splattered blood all over the floors and back of the sofa. I washed it out and he rolled onto his back with his head in my lap to let me do it. Then I nipped to the pharmacy for bandages. I put an adhesive dressing on it and tied his ear down to stop him from flapping, but I wasn't sure I'd cleaned it well enough, but also didn't want to do more damage by cleaning too hard. Plus I was worried about infection from Banjo. So I called the vet, they booked me a slot an hour and a half later, and K came to rescue us in the car. That was an exciting adventure for Max. He was in there for over an hour. They shaved a bit of fur, cleaned him up properly and glued the skin flap down, then bandaged him really tightly to stop him flapping. He shook it off before I'd even paid. So they took him back, and tried again with extra heavy industrial strength bandage. He was gloomy about this, but had squirmed out of it by bedtime. Thankfully he seems to have stopped bleeding, though.
published: 2022-02-12T21:49:51+00:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-max-2
type: Add
content: Put socks on Max. He loved it. Silly Max.
published: 2022-02-22T21:48:24+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-max-cosy
type: Add
content: Max being cosy in various chairs.
published: 2022-02-17T22:16:54+00:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-max-cosy-2
type: Add
content: A drizzly walk in between showers/snow/gales. After which Max had zero-gravity dreams in various places.
published: 2022-02-18T20:20:38+00:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-mushrooms
type: Add
content: Velvet shank and jelly ear in Ravenscraig Park.
published: 2022-02-25T18:11:09+00:00
summary: Amy added 1 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-foraging/
target: 2022-foraging

photos-narwhal
type: Add
content: A narwhal for E.
published: 2022-02-25T18:12:18+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
target: madestuff

photos-seedlings
type: Add
content: Monster leeks from the garden! Also, not pictured, celeriac and salsify. And seedlings sprouting for another round... tomatoes, cucumbers, gherkins, squash, courgette.. and some strays.
published: 2022-02-06T17:45:27+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
target: growstuff

photos-sunrise
type: Add
content: Some braw sunrises, as usual. Some days freezing, some days mild. And views from my newly elevated hammock.
published: 2022-02-03T14:00:06+00:00
summary: Amy added 30 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-sunrise-2
type: Add
content: The sky was such an unearthly shade of blue at sunrise today I was convinced we were in a simulation. Obviously my camera couldn't capture it in its true glory.
published: 2022-02-21T08:27:52+00:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-sunrise-3
type: Add
content: Braw morning for a walk to Dysart harbour.
published: 2022-02-23T09:51:11+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-walkies
type: Add
content: New tea stall at the Friday market. Walkies and snoozles with Max.
published: 2022-02-06T18:05:14+00:00
summary: Amy added 22 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-walkies-2
type: Add
content: Max watched over me while I watched the sun rise. Then we ambled a third of the way to Wemyss before I decided I should change out of my pjs and put my coffee cup down, then try again for a proper walk. Braw day!
published: 2022-02-19T08:28:23+00:00
summary: Amy added 23 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-walkies-3
type: Add
content: The tide was out further than I've seen it in a long while. Perfect for a walk to Wemyss along the beach, instead of the coastal path which is really muddy at the moment. We visited the fossil spot, and Max chased the ball almost the whole time. The solid rock part of the 'beach' at Wemyss is usually completely submerged when I'm around there, so it was great to wander over it like the surface of an alien planet. Max was a Very Good Boy and zonked right out when we got home.
published: 2022-02-19T11:46:00+00:00
summary: Amy added 71 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-walkies-4
type: Add
content: Monday and Tuesday beach walkies.
published: 2022-02-22T19:36:25+00:00
summary: Amy added 25 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-walkies-5
type: Add
content: Sunrises, and walkies to East Wemyss (out along the coastal path, ice cream shop stop, back along the beach.
published: 2022-02-27T08:30:17+00:00
summary: Amy added 27 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

photos-yoga
type: Add
content: Max takes downward dog very seriously.
published: 2022-02-18T07:55:58+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-fife/
target: 2022-fife

starting-wonder
type: Note
content: Starting to wonder if I can get from the UK to Vancouver by freighter and long distance train for W3C TPAC in September. Definitely possible, but I'd need a good month and a half, and a few thousand $$. There were a lot more options before covid.
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published: 2022-02-17T16:29:55+00:00
tag: travel
tag: w3c
tag: tpac
tag: conference
tag: flyingless
tag: nomad

week-review-14
type: Article
content: A year since I moved into my flat; drafted a post but haven't finished it yet. Hung out with Max loads and loads and went on short walkies and long walkies and shared sunrises and many snuggles and also yoga. Finished Xenocide, started Children of the Mind. Definitely Speaker for the Dead is best so far though. Also watched the Ender's Game movie, just to see. Not as bad as I'd been led to believe? But not good. Maybe better having read the book to fill in all the shortcuts the movie takes. Watched loads of Disenchantment. Read, napped, too much. Baked things. Finally reassembled my espresso machine! It espresses! And I learnt so much about espresso in the process! Potted up more gherkin and courgette seedlings, and watched things emerging in my footpath garden. Measured and sawed up all my door threshold strips, but haven't screwed them down yet.
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name: Week in review: 14-20th Feb
published: 2022-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
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tag: max
tag: walkies
tag: dog

week-review-21st-
type: Article
content: More sunrises and walkies with Max before Max went home. Made krompirusa! Or some approximation thereof. Made dead fancy desserts in Community Kitchen. Finished a narwhal. Worked on BODS translation workflow. TAG IRL f2f got postponed/reconfigured again again again. Read How can I get through to you which was better than I expected (actually really good). N came to visit. We watched sunrises, walked Max to East Wemyss and had a day in Edinburgh.
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name: Week in review: 21st - 27th Feb
published: 2022-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: crochet
tag: hiking
tag: max
tag: fife

week-review-31st
type: Article
content: Seedlings sprouting! Tomatoes, squash, cucumber, gherkin, onions. It all begins again.. Made berry muffins for Greener Kirkcaldy Community Kitchen. Reminded myself how the BODS translation workflow works. Attended a meeting of the Vipassana Trust Accessibility Committee. Found and fixed underfloor problems, and replaced some floorboards in my bedroom. Got the hammock up on the walls! Now I can see the sea from it, which means I never need to get up again. Laid new laminate in my bedroom. Dismantled my espresso machine. Cleaned out limescale and gunk. Discovered it never has had a shower screen. Have not yet reassembled it. Dave came back, brought Sri Lankan tea, made curry, left again. Tinkered a bit with sloph. Kirkcaldy Friday markets are back on!! Watched all of Reacher. Max is back! Walkies.
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name: Week in review: 31st Jan - 6th Feb
published: 2022-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: gardening
tag: diy
tag: vipassana
tag: fife

week-review-7th-
type: Article
content: Found velvet shanks in Ravenscraig Park, and a couple more oysters. First forage of 2022. Made "peanut butter and jam" pies, with blackcurrents, coconut oil, and date/coconut/nuts crust at home, and lemon pies and choc chip muffins in Community Kitchen. Co-op coworking days. Visit from M and Lowenna. I have Max all to myself for a week. Many cuddles and a trip to the vets after a run in with a Beagle.. Sunrises and walkies. Still haven't reassembled the espresso machine, but cleaned more of it. More seedlings sprouted. My last cherry tomato ripened, but it's flowered again.... Started morning yoga again, with Max's help.
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name: Week in review: 7th 13th Feb
published: 2022-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: foraging
tag: max

wood-ear
type: Add
content: Wood ear mushrooms in Ravenscraig Park. They're very reliable all year round. I gave a handful away, and put a handful in a stirfry.
published: 2022-02-15T17:57:55+00:00
summary: Amy added 1 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2022-foraging/
target: 2022-foraging