https://rhiaro.co.uk/2023
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been-long-full
type: Note
content: It has been a long and full week, with too many notifications. I am feeling positive, but extremely tired. Fortunately I have had this gremlin all week to keep me stocked up on snugs.
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published: 2023-01-13T20:43:52+00:00
tag: life
tag: cooplife
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting

dont-know-im
type: Note
content: I don't know if I'm spoiled by worker co-ops, or just basic EU workers' rights, but the idea of losing a job with zero notice is just.. mind boggling. How is that a thing? People have stuff to wrap up, hand over.. besides everything else obviously wrong with it.. I'm just confounded. Does not compute.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-01-23T19:47:49+00:00
tag: life
tag: cooplife
tag: techlayoffs

let-tara-lead
type: Note
content: I let Tara lead the walk this morning and she took me directly to Chapter One Coffee in no uncertain terms. It was full, but she immediately charmed a stranger into letting us share the table, then found three more people who were willing to adopt her on the spot, and the staff gave her a special chewy treat.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-01-14T15:22:04+00:00
tag: life
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
tag: walkies

photos-baking
type: Add
content: Made a beautiful chocolate orange drizzle cake. It came to me in a dream. What if lemon drizzle... but chocolate orange?? Genius. With coconut ganache on top, as all good things should. Also approximately eleven billion gingerbread folk at the Community Kitchen.
published: 2023-01-04T21:52:14+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: baking
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
tag: vegan
tag: food
target: madefood

photos-baking-2
type: Add
content: A not-cheese board and a chocolate hazelnut cake for Mum. Peanut butter cookies for ice cream sandwiches at the Community Kitchen.
published: 2023-01-18T21:46:19+00:00
summary: Amy added 5 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
target: madefood

photos-cookies
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content: Perfect gooey matcha cookies with hazelnut white chocolate pieces wrapped into the centers. Baking at 9pm just because.
published: 2023-01-30T22:17:56+00:00
summary: Amy added 3 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-crochet
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content: Made a mer-tail blanket for the new human my friend around the corner is going to create any week now. The yarn is absolutely gorgeous - all from a charity shop.
published: 2023-01-07T22:10:51+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: crochet
target: madestuff

photos-dysart
type: Add
content: Cold and fresh. Visits to Maud and Jess.
published: 2023-01-01T21:07:20+00:00
summary: Amy added 3 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: cat
tag: maud
tag: fife
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart-2
type: Add
content: One clear day. A visit with tiny Maud.
published: 2023-01-04T21:59:06+00:00
summary: Amy added 12 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: maud
tag: cat
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart-3
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content: A mostly cold and clear week, with braw sunrises that I got to see with Mum visiting. Also a walk to Wemyss with Mum and Max - rockfall at the fossil rock! Mostly all buried now. Not sure how stable it is.
published: 2023-01-21T16:53:53+00:00
summary: Amy added 18 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: walkies
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart-4
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content: Beach walk and a sit on Ravenscraig rock for sunset.
published: 2023-01-30T17:01:58+00:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunset
target: 2023-fife

photos-edi
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content: Cafe working and eating with Tara. Burgers and chips from Seeds for the Soul and #fish.
published: 2023-01-11T19:32:44+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: walkies
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
target: 2023-edi

photos-edi-2
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content: Tara and I started the day at Chapter One Coffee. It was clear and bright, if cold, and only rained at brief intervals of a few minutes at a time, which was about as good as can be asked for at this time of year. We walked along the Water of Leith for a couple of hours, then detoured to visit Green Bite. Our final stop in the evening was Harmonium, where I worked for a couple of hours before J and H joined us. Tara got lots of attention and belly rubs.
published: 2023-01-11T22:34:52+00:00
summary: Amy added 33 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: walkies
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
target: 2023-edi

photos-edi-3
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content: Tara and I visited Glow Cafe in the morning, which was lovely. Later we walked across town for delicious Malaysian takeaway from Soul Vegan and doughnuts from ConsiderIt. On Friday, morning walkies across the Meadows, and early afternoon walkies along the Union Canal.
published: 2023-01-13T14:46:29+00:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: walkies
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
target: 2023-edi

photos-edi-4
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content: The rest of the week in Edinburgh with Tara. Saturday: I let Tara lead the walk, and she took me in no uncertain terms directly to Chapter One Coffee. It was completely full, but she charmed a stranger into letting us share their table, got a special chewy treat from the staff, and over the next hour found at least three other people who were willing to adopt her on the spot. Later, we met F for dinner at Henderson's, which was superfantastic. Sunday: We walked down the canal to Harrison Park and threw the ball for a while, then got brunch at Glow Cafe. On the spur of the moment, we marched to the train station and in time to go on an adventure to Livingston to see Lowenna (and K&M). The pups were in full zoomie mode in the house and the park, both attention-seeking and and possessive, but wary of each other. Lowenna is very submissive, so Tara has no problem standing up for her boundaries, but it was Lowenna's house and Lowenna is so curious and playful and a bit in Tara's face, though Tara was a bit too mean at times. Monday: Mum came in the afternoon. We had a walk down the canal, then cuddled with Tara, and finally dinner at Henderson's again. The creme caramel dessert was THE BEST.
published: 2023-01-16T19:00:58+00:00
summary: Amy added 33 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: walkies
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: family
target: 2023-edi

photos-fife
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content: Way overworked this week, so I took friday afternoon off. K and I stopped in town as we usually do, but there was no market and we felt like a change of scene. So we went on a grand adventure to Burntisland (the second-to-next town around the coast), had a nice lunch and ice cream on the beach. What exciting lives we lead. But it was very needed forced laptop-away time.
published: 2023-01-08T09:05:06+00:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: life
target: 2023-fife

photos-food
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content: Flu-recovery comfort mac n not-cheese, with two kinds of Honesty Tasty soft cheeses for the sauce.
published: 2023-01-22T19:41:23+00:00
summary: Amy added 1 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
target: madefood

photos-foraging
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content: The sun finally came out, so we went for a rummage through the local woods where we found winter oysters last year. The tree that R climbed to get oysters a year ago has since blown down, making access much easier.. and it's just starting to fruit. Back in a couple of weeks. Did go home with lots of beautiful condition jelly ear though.
published: 2023-01-01T21:08:30+00:00
summary: Amy added 18 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: max
target: 2023-foraging

photos-misc
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content: Up early to catch the bus to Edinburgh. Cake in Lovecrumbs, lunch at Sora Lella with Co-op colleagues. Dave gave me a lift home, and I treated him to a farewell dinner at Koku Shi on the way home.
published: 2023-01-05T22:00:28+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: edinburgh
tag: coop
target: 2023-fife

photos-mushrooms
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content: Sneaky winter oysters are emerging... Back in a couple of weeks!
published: 2023-01-03T21:44:57+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: walkies
target: 2023-foraging

photos-mushrooms-2
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content: Absolute ton of jelly ear out at the moment, in really good condition. Also some winter oysters were ready, so they got fried.
published: 2023-01-08T21:45:51+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
tag: walkies
target: 2023-foraging

photos-sunrise
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content: A good week for the sunrise. Back in the habit of going out now, whatever the weather. It's still gorgeous to start the day in solitude by the sea, even when it's overcast or drizzling.
published: 2023-01-29T17:42:34+00:00
summary: Amy added 23 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

saw-some-next
type: Note
content: I saw some next level clouds at sunrise this morning (not for the first time) that were so unusual I thought I was seeing things. A smear in four parts, each had radial rainbow colours that reminded me of an oil slick. It drifted across the sky over the course of an hour that I was in a meeting, and I kept staring out of the window in awe. I raved about it in the family group chat, because my sister knows science and sky things, and she identified them for me as nacreous clouds which are super rare! I tried to take photos but they just came out white, which did little for the feeling I was hallucinating. They were very surreal.
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published: 2023-01-31T09:44:27+00:00
tag: life
tag: fife
tag: clouds
tag: sunrise

week-review-16th--
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content: Last day in Edinburgh with Tara. Mum came, and then we returned to Fife. Mum stayed for the week. We watched the sunrise and went on walkies with Max and crocheted. I blasted through my co-op todo list, but it doesn't seem to be getting much shorter. Felt productive though. I made peanut butter cookies at the Community Kitchen (and cake at home). I came down with flu symptoms. Mum left. I spent the weekend suffering alone. (I finished How to Get Away With Murder, and watched all of Mammals - because everything is shoving down my throat how funny it is but it wasn't, like, at all funny? and Willow series which I really enjoyed). Finished Empire of Light and started the Expanse short stories collection.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 16th - 22nd January
published: 2023-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: health
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: max
tag: dogsitting
tag: walkies
tag: family
tag: crochet

week-review-1st--
type: Article
content: The year began with Tiffin and a midnight sit on the beach to watch the Edinburgh fireworks across the Forth. Actually they were all along the coast on both sides. Finished Smoke and Mirrors. Started The Lurking Fear as I seem to have finished all fiction but Lovecraft in the flat. After a mega productive week refactoring the tests for the BODS Schema, I thought I'd get back to it, but got immediately swamped by admin and meetings as lots of my colleagues came back to work. Also tinkered with the BreatheHR API in an attempt to get it to report the figures we actually need. Made courgette cake in the Community Kitchen, and pizza at home thanks to a donation of some Violife. J made pumpkin gnocchi. Braw sunrises until H came to visit, then it was grey, then braw again as soon as she left. Swam in the sea twice. Watched the new Indiana Jones with H and J. Got an astonishing amount of cleaning and laundry done. Planted onions. Planned some trips..
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 1st - 7th January
published: 2023-01-07T21:55:38+00:00
tag: life
tag: hacking
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: family

week-review-23rd-
type: Article
content: One more day off work, then recovered from flu. Mostly stayed home all week. Skipped Community Kitchen pending full flu recovery. Did my tax return. Did some TAG work about third-party cookies. Lots of Co-op admin. Coordination around operations and strategy. Facilitiated a retro. Final logistics and agenda planning for next week's CoGM. Managed to sit on the beach most mornings for some braw sunrises. Really starting to feel like spring. Mustn't forget it could just as soon freeze again next week. Spent time with T, following the loss of sweet wee Lucy. Wetsuit swim in the sea. Finished reading Memory's Legion. Watched bits of She Hulk, Archer, For All Mankind, and Pandorum, Shotgun Wedding and possibly another couple of movies which left zero impression. Ate lots of chocolate. Ate things from the freezer and jars. Will hold off from buying groceries for as long as possible.. This is much easier when I'm only feeding myself. Cleared all the dead stuff out of the footpath garden, and turned all of the stray nasturtium seeds in so hopefully it will be full of surprise wild nasturtiums again. Also rearranged houseplants. Started sanding the bathroom cabinet that needs repainted, only a year late.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 23rd - 29th January
published: 2023-01-29T22:46:48+00:00
tag: diy
tag: tag
tag: w3ctag
tag: beach
tag: cooplife
tag: week+in+review
tag: vegan
tag: food
tag: life

week-review-26th
type: Article
content: Quietly did Co-op and TAG things while few people were around for meetings and interruptions. Watched Aliens, Glass Onion, Alita: Battle Angel, The Labyrinth, and started The Boys. Continued binging How To Get Away With Murder. Caught up on November and December photo and week in review posts! Made chutney. Visited Maud and Jess. Cleaned the beach. Went in the sea. Crocheted most of a blanket. Drafted an update The Tiffin's website in anticipation of their new restaurant opening. Foraged jelly ear and found emerging winter oysters. Felt extraordinarily anti-social all week and mostly wanted to stay in the hammock, so it's amazing I did anything really.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 26th December - 1st January
published: 2023-01-01T21:34:45+00:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: foraging
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: max
tag: maud

week-review-2nd--
type: Article
content: More visits to Maud and Jess. Sunrises (finally) and walkies with Max. Found winter oysters emerging and lots of jelly ear. Made chocolate orange cake at home, and gingerbread at the Community Kitchen. A day in Edinburgh with Co-op colleagues. Crocheted. Mini Burntisland adventure.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 2nd - 8th January
published: 2023-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: crochet
tag: edinburgh
tag: catsitting
tag: maud
tag: baking
tag: walkies
tag: beach

week-review-9th--
type: Article
content: Went to Edinburgh to be with Tara. Went for walkies and cafe working and cuddles. Did Co-op strategy and governance things, as well as excessive amounts of admin. Saw J&E&E and F. Watched School for Good and Evil, How to Get Away with Murder, and read The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 9th - 15th January
published: 2023-01-15T23:59:59+00:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting

https://rhiaro.co.uk/2023/02/63df97837b317
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type: Activity
object: hey-guys
published: 2023-02-05T12:51:00+00:00
target: bookmarks

brain-entirely
type: Note
content: My brain is entirely at capacity. Please nobody ask me to think about any more things until further notice.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-02-06T11:45:14+00:00
tag: life
tag: cooplife

photos-beach
type: Add
content: Good sunrises every day this week, in defiance of the clouds. A walk with Max on Thursday, although he was playing deaf and not being a Good Boy at all. He was better on Saturday.
published: 2023-02-12T16:18:59+00:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: beach
tag: max
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-cabinet
type: Add
content: Finally stripped and repainted the cupboard in the ensuite bathroom, only about a year and a half after buying it. This officially completes the ensuite refurbishment! I sanded and repainted it in semi-darkness while watching movies over successive nights this week, so every morning I'd take a look and be for some reason surprised to find it a bit patchy. Got there eventually though.
published: 2023-02-11T15:43:31+00:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: diy
tag: household
tag: bathroom
target: madestuff

photos-cake
type: Add
content: Healthy omega muffins full of nuts and yoghurt and topped with raspberry frosting at the Community Kitchen. Coffee, hazelnut and pecan cake at home, made for the first time with gluten free flour. It was slightly denser and drier than usual, but nonetheless was well received by various test subjects. The frosting was coconut oil, strong brewed coffee and icing sugar, and that was pretty great.
published: 2023-02-11T16:01:08+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
target: madefood

photos-cake-2
type: Add
content: Made some vegan and gluten-free treats for a small gathering. Peanut butter cups with secret blackberry jam in the middle. Lemon and coconut drizzle cake.
published: 2023-02-14T21:25:06+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-cake-3
type: Add
content: Gluten-free vegan coffee cake at the Community Kitchen. Carrot and avocado sushi rolls at home.
published: 2023-02-16T21:35:35+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: sushi
target: madefood

photos-dogs
type: Add
content: A weekend visit from Sandy and Louie (and their humans, L&S). We wandered around Dysart and Kirkcaldy, and went to The Old Barn Cafe for some dog and human treats.
published: 2023-02-19T21:23:34+01:00
summary: Amy added 23 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: friend
tag: doggos
target: 2023-fife

photos-dunoon
type: Add
content: I went to visit Dave in Dunoon. We had a hearty breakfast in the Swallow Cafe, then went on a hike up Bishop's Seat. It was an easy hike, but varied in terrain, with some sufficiently steep and rambling bits to keep Dave satisfied, and fantastic views from the peak.

photos-dunoon-2
type: Add
content: A short drive to the glassy and still Lock Eck. There were many many dogs playing in the water on one beach. Then cake and dinner in the Coylet Inn, which had plenty of vegan options for a small remote place.
published: 2023-02-26T19:39:01+00:00
summary: Amy added 30 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-dunoon/
tag: travel
tag: loch
tag: dunoon
tag: scotland
tag: family
target: 2023-dunoon

photos-dunoon-3
type: Add
content: I walked the hour from Dave's place to the Dunoon ferry port, around the coast. It was a greyer, drizzlier day. After lunch in town, I took the ferry to Gourock. I had enough time to climb a hill, then back to the station for a lift home with T.
published: 2023-02-27T19:46:25+00:00
summary: Amy added 38 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-dunoon/
tag: travel
tag: hiking
tag: dunoon
tag: scotland
tag: family
target: 2023-dunoon

photos-dysart
type: Add
content: Cool clear mornings with vibrant clouds this week.
published: 2023-02-05T19:05:29+00:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: beach
tag: sunset
tag: sunrise
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart-2
type: Add
content: More cracking sunrises (and another swim). A visit with Maud and Jess (and K).
published: 2023-02-24T21:30:25+01:00
summary: Amy added 23 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: cat
target: 2023-fife

photos-edi
type: Add
content: Two days of coworking in Edinburgh with my Co-op colleagues. We connected well, took positive steps forward for the business, ate some great food, and went ice-free curling!
published: 2023-02-02T19:10:39+00:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: edinburgh
tag: coop
tag: cogm
tag: ods
tag: work
target: 2023-edi

photos-food
type: Add
content: Peach cobbler and fancy truffles at the Community Kitchen. I had to hand chop the almonds because the blender is broken. And this evening: a burger with mac n not-cheese on top.
published: 2023-02-22T21:51:28+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: baking
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
tag: vegan
tag: food
target: madefood

photos-garden
type: Add
content: Enough purple sprouting broccoli to eat in the footpath garden! And the rhubarb is coming back better than ever.
published: 2023-02-23T16:10:22+00:00
summary: Amy added 5 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-sunrise
type: Add
content: Hazy sunrises and still seas... perfect for a swim.
published: 2023-02-16T21:20:18+01:00
summary: Amy added 26 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-tide
type: Add
content: This morning started grey and drizzly, but by early afternoon it had cleared up and the sun was out. I walked back from Community Kitchen by the scenic route, and encountered the highest tide I've ever seen. The beaches at Dysart and Ravenscraig were completely underwater, in some places all the way to the Ravenscraig Castle walls. It was relatively calm. I sat for a while and listened to the waves lap, and imagined that it just keeps rising, and swallows the world.
published: 2023-02-22T22:03:58+00:00
summary: Amy added 30 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sea
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-walkies
type: Add
content: Rich sunrises with artistic clouds. A long beach walk with Max. The weather remains surprisingly warm.
published: 2023-02-07T16:15:54+00:00
summary: Amy added 25 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

twice-last-couple
type: Note
content: Twice in the last couple of days I've been asked to prove I'm human to sign up for email newsletters. Why can't robots subscribe to newsletters?
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-02-05T12:52:44+00:00
tag: life
tag: robot+revolution
tag: discrimination

week-review-13th-
type: Article
content: Finished Neverwhere. Started Lilith's Brood. Spent time with new local friends; very uplifting. Made gluten-free coffee cake at the Community Kitchen, and peanut butter cups and gluten-free lemon coconut cake for friends. Calm seas and hazy sunrises. Swam in the sea. Chaired the Co-op AGM. Forward looking, productive afternoon. Worked on preparing to put some Co-op job ads live. Hopefully going up next week. L and S and Louie and Sandy came to visit. We wandered around Dysart/Kirkcaldy and went for a jaunt to The Old Barn Cafe of course. Things are growing again...
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 13th - 19th February
published: 2023-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
tag: life
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: fife
tag: swimming
tag: friend
tag: walkies
tag: gardening
tag: baking

week-review-20th-
type: Article
content: Second February swim. High tides. Did my best to facilitate around some difficult interpersonal dynamics in the Co-op. Made pear cobbler and fancy truffles at Community Kitchen. Visited J&F&E&E in Falkirk and worked on the crochet sea turtle but didn't finish it. Enjoying Lilith's Brood, though some of the things the humans do are far more alien to me than the things the Oankali do. But also many aspects from the stories are working their way into my dreams quite severely. Hung out with Maud and Jess and K. Visited Dave in Dunoon. We climbed Bishop's Seat, visited Loch Eck and ate lots. Completely failed to see the northern lights despite being in a northern location with perfectly clear skies and low light pollution... because I went to bed early.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 20th - 26th February
published: 2023-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
tag: travel
tag: life
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: swimming
tag: wild+swimming
tag: coop
tag: baking
tag: dunoon
tag: scotland
tag: hiking
tag: crochet

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type: Article
content: A confusing mix of frosty and mild days. Saw nacreous clouds! Pulled off a successful CoGM Hub in Edinburgh. Ended feeling extremely positive about all things Co-op. Well, most things. Started and finished Player of Games. Holy SHIT what a book. Started Neverwhere. Stripped the old paint of the ensuite cabinet more thoroughly than I planned. Started and finished The Irregulars and season 14 of Archer (whilst sanding the cabinet). Finished season 1 of The Boys. Watched Werewolf by Night which was good.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 30th January - 5th February
published: 2023-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
tag: life
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: cogm
tag: diy
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: clouds

week-review-6th--
type: Article
content: Got out for sunrise every day and some walks with Max. TAG virtual face-to-face was full-on as ever, but fun and interesting. Co-op work remains intense but productive; preparing for hiring and upcoming AGM. Deflated by baking and repainting a cabinet. Watched Dirk Gently and started season 3 of The Boys. Despite all of the work, also managed to squeeze in some time with local friends. Decent Social conference ran, but I didn't join in the end; needed a break. The sinus infection that was threatining post-flu did not come to pass. I really feel like I need a week off, but there's nothing remotely on the horizon.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 6th - 12th February
published: 2023-02-12T23:59:59+00:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: max
tag: walkies
tag: fife
tag: diy

everyone-who
type: Note
content: For everyone who replies to skills-based job application questions with a response from ChatGPT, that's really smart and cool and might work if only you did it, but when hundreds of other people also do it it's kind of obvious and also a very unpleasant waste of the reveiwers' time and definitely earns you zero points.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-03-11T09:33:56+00:00
tag: recruitment
tag: ai
tag: ihatecomputers

im-going
type: Note
content: I'm going on an overland/sea trip to Finland from Scotland, starting tonight. Remember when I was a full time no-fly nomad, doing multiple consecutive nights on public transport without even noticing? Let's see how easily I slip back into that.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-03-13T19:44:20+00:00
tag: travel
tag: finland23

incredibly-braw
type: Note
content: An incredibly braw morning, with the sea soft and shimmering. The cold temperatures and clear skies are giving the luminous effect I usually associate with November. I awoke from dreams of wanting to be in the sea but not being able to. Fortunately, once awake after my sunrise coffee, I had no impediments, and got straight into my wetsuit for a refreshing swim/float before breakfast.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-03-11T08:37:02+00:00
tag: life
tag: fife
tag: swimming
tag: wild+swimming
tag: sea
tag: sunrise
tag: beach

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content: We made it down from the hill and finally got some pizza in the tired/cold/hungry kids. The pizza had cloudberries on. Exciting. We came out of the restaurant and headed back to the hotel. Over our heads... the sky was dancing. We were there only for a weekend, and we were so incredibly fortunate to have clear skies, no moon, and the right conditions. It lasted for a couple of hours at least.
published: 2023-03-24T22:34:23+02:00
summary: Amy added 26 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: finland
tag: luosto
tag: aurora+borealis
tag: northern+lights
target: 202303-se-fi

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content: H's train was delayed by 77 minutes, and she told me she wanted a brownie when she arrived (around midnight). So I thought I'd better get on and make some brownies... I usually mess with brownie recipes and put at least one vegetable inside, but for an emergency it's a straight butter/sugar/cocoa deal and it turned out so well. Will make again.
published: 2023-03-03T23:38:45+00:00
summary: Amy added 3 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: family
tag: baking
target: madefood

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type: Add
content: A coconut and almond cake with a layer of blackcurrant compote in the middle and a blackcurrant glaze on top. Dense but good.
published: 2023-03-01T19:07:23+00:00
summary: Amy added 5 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
target: madefood

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type: Add
content: Peanut butter choc chip cookies at the Community Kitchen. Turned out preettttyyy good. Namibian-style mealie pap (maize) with lentil stew also pictured.
published: 2023-03-08T19:42:53+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
tag: baking
target: madefood

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content: Made it to Copenhagen for the Community part of the IATI Members Assembly, along with several of my Co-op colleagues. It was gorgeous Fife weather (cold and bright), interspersed with flurries of snow. Made time for a walk with N, who I haven't seen for years. Had one of the most amazing meals ever at Bistro Lupa.
published: 2023-03-17T16:08:30+01:00
summary: Amy added 39 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-cph/
tag: travel
tag: coop
tag: odsc
tag: work
tag: finland23
tag: copenhagen
tag: denmark
target: 202303-cph

photos-dysart
type: Add
content: A great many braw spring days.
published: 2023-03-06T08:16:02+00:00
summary: Amy added 37 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: sea
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: fife
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart-h
type: Add
content: H came to visit and we had sunrise coffee together and went for a swim/walk/kayak to Wemyss and back on a very braw still day.
published: 2023-03-05T19:18:46+00:00
summary: Amy added 36 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: family
tag: swimming
tag: wild+swimming
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: sea
target: 2023-fife

photos-edi
type: Add
content: Brunch with the siblings at Seeds for the Soul. Lunch (Soul Vegan) and ice cream (Mary's Milk Bar) with F&J and co a week later.
published: 2023-03-11T16:34:22+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: edinburgh
tag: friend
tag: family
target: 2023-edi

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content: From Kemi in Finland to Haparanda in Sweden, by bus. The first thing I saw over the border was a giant Ikea. I checked into my accommodation which was much nicer than expected. Then went to hunt for food, just heading to the closest open restaurant, a Chinese one called Leilani. I was quickly and friendlily informed that all of the vegetarian options could be made vegan. I picked one and it was delicious. Across the road from the restaurant was an interesting tower. The center of Haparanda was peaceful and seemed like somewhere I'd liked to have spent more time. I forgot about the timezone switch, so got an hour more sleep than expected.
published: 2023-03-26T22:12:55+02:00
summary: Amy added 22 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: sweden
tag: finland
tag: haparanda
target: 202303-se-fi

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content: Time in Jyvaskyla with S, B, E and J. I adapted quickly to the cold and perma-snow, and managed not to fall over on icy pavements. Walks out onto the frozen lake were stunning and peaceful. Climbed the hill in Jyvaskyla but it was too snowy for views. Visited the Museum of Central Finland on what happened to be the city's birthday, so entrance was free. Was greatly entertained throughout by the wise and thoughtful 9yo E, and the cartoonish delights of 3yo J.
published: 2023-03-22T22:15:40+02:00
summary: Amy added 49 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: travel
tag: walkies
tag: finland23
tag: friend
tag: tourism
tag: museum
target: 202303-se-fi

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content: More wandering around Jyvaskyla in the snow. Saw the big lake, and J wanted to sample every playground on the way (there were a lot). Warmed up with cake in Espresso House.
published: 2023-03-23T19:31:20+02:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: travel
tag: walkies
tag: finland23
tag: jyvaskyla
tag: tourism
target: 202303-se-fi

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content: And on the move again. We took a bus to Rovaniemi and a train to Kemi. After surprise vegan cake and a friendly welcome in a cafe at Kemi train station, we wandered around the town. It was extremely quiet and sleepy. We found the famous 'snow castle', which was more of a three foot high snow maze and some terrible sculptures. We found curling, and slides which entertained the kids. And they let us in for free and stored all of our luggage for us for no clear reason. We walked through a park by the sea - which was frozen! - and to the church in the town center, then back to the bus station. I said goodbye to S, B, E and J as they boarded a bus back to Jyvaskyla. I stayed, to wait for a local bus to Haparanda, just across the border into Sweden.
published: 2023-03-26T22:02:42+02:00
summary: Amy added 43 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: tourism
tag: finland23
tag: kemi
tag: finland
tag: travel
target: 202303-se-fi

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type: Add
content: After an uneventful ferry crossing, I arrived at the port of Rostock. Here, the bus ticket machines only accepted cash. Having just spent two weeks in Denmark/Sweden/Finland, I had forgotten what cash looks like. So I couldn't buy a bus ticket. Nothing bad happened. I made it to Rostock Hbf via a bus and an S-Bahn train (which I did buy a ticket for). I bopped around for a couple of hours, having breakfast at a bakery in a nearby shopping center. The toilets in Rostock Hbf cost money, but the ones in the supermarket at the shopping center do not. Then I caught a (late) Flixbus to Luebeck. It dropped off right outside a stand with vegan currywurst, so that was the first order of business. It was a vaguely grey and drizzly but not too cold day. I walked along the river to check into my hostel - run by an anarchist queer feminist collective - which was a fantastic place. I had another day of wandering on the agenda. I had delicioius Arabic coffee and hummus at My Hummus, then zigzagged my way through the old town, through small alleyways and around a great many churches. I went into the Hanse Museum, which was interesting, though I missed an opportunity to learn specifically about the role of Boston (UK) in Hanseatic merchant trading via the customisable interactive exhibit, as I accidentally told it to stick to Edinburgh instead. I walked and sat in some parks. I bought marzipan, as apparently that's a thing in Luebeck. And ate dinner at Erdapfel, which has fancy vegan baked potatoes.

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content: We all took a night bus from Jyvaskyla to Rovaniemi, then another bus to Torvinen and another to Luosto. I have never seen so much snow before in my life. Feet of it, sitting around like it always had been and always will be. Thick on top of roofs, clumped around fir trees like bulbous growths. Scooped the sides of roads and footpaths like it's nothing, to make space for people to pass. Dotted with footprints from hares and reindeer. We tried to go for a walk around this epic landscape, but two kiddos straight off a night bus made it difficult. Even with borrowed sleds, there were many tantrums. We took them to the hotel pool instead. Later we went out again, though everyone was still tired. The hotel reception said there was a nice walk and a wooden hut with a fire, "a little bit up" with good views. We expected a 30 minute walk and a log cabin type thing. We walked for longer than E could stand, lost track of the sign posts sometimes, and climbed a massive hill. We were surrounded on all sides by snow coated fir trees. Some were completely covered, forming beautiful natural sculptures in the snow. It was like a dream world. The "wooden house" was an amazing modern construction, with heated windows and a wood burning stove. We arrived in time for an incredible sunset over this bizarre alien landscape. Absolutely just... like nothing I've seen before.
published: 2023-03-24T19:38:39+01:00
summary: Amy added 73 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: travel
tag: hiking
tag: finland23

photos-luosto-2
type: Add
content: An adventure on a snow train, up a hill, to an amethyst mine. Where they let us scrabble in the dirt for 20 minutes to find a handful of our own small amethysts. The views from the top were lovely on another bright and clear and extremely freezing day. In the evening - this time well fed (tonight's pizza had pickled milkcaps on) and better clothed - we went up the hill to the wooden house again. It was another incredibly clear night, and we met other aurora-spotters up there. We caught the end of another beautiful sunset, and stayed for hours in the cosy house. We saw a glimmer of green finally, but it didn't last long. Our trek down in the dark was greatly helped by two other hikers with their own lights ahead of us, and a headtorch borrowed from a kind local.
published: 2023-03-25T22:48:06+02:00
summary: Amy added 33 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: travel
tag: hiking
tag: finland23
tag: finland
tag: luosto
target: 202303-se-fi

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type: Add
content: Train from Copenhagen to Malmo, across The Bridge. A pleasant evening to wander around the coast, looking at fancy new apartment buildings. Dinner at Surf Shack, in lieu of anywhere else nearby being open at that time.
published: 2023-03-17T20:03:54+01:00
summary: Amy added 25 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: malmo
tag: sweden
target: 202303-se-fi

photos-malmo-2
type: Add
content: I awoke several times in the night to find the train stationary in Linkoping. At 0630, the scheduled arrival time in Malmo, we were 'officially' awoken by an announcement, pointing out to us all that we were still in Linkoping because the train had broken down. I switched to the next fast train to Malmo, which was still 3 hours, though we were given the option to stay on board and await repairs and then stay on the slow (5 hour) route. I had planned a day in Malmo before my next connection, and used my interrail pass for the journey, so promises of refunds and reimbursements for missed connections were not at all useful to me. In the end, Swedish Trains did say they'd pay up to &eur;20 towards my food in Malmo, which was nice. The rest of the day, shortened as it was, was lovely. All trace of snow had gone, the sun was out and the sky was blue. I wandered. Took photos. Sat on benches. Wandered some more. I had breakfast in Farm2Table, which was very lovely and I could have stayed there all day. I went to the Form Design Museum, which was free, and they kindly stored my backpack for me until mid-afternoon. Inside was an exhibit about the carbon cost of different materials, showing how much of each you can get for 1kg of C02. I was, naturally, most interested in the mycelium boards. I walked around the gardens and grounds surrounding Malmo Castle, then visited the museum inside. It was wide ranging, from local to natural history, to modern art, and lots of climate change related stuff. I had lunch in Vegegarden, a delicious Chinese buffet. Then walked to the Moderna Museum, which strictly no-photos, and contained a gallery of modern art about.. you guessed it.. climate change. Some fantastic stuff; a lot of video and audio, as well as dance! (Nothing live while I was there.) I walked more around a park with a big lake, and then back into town for dinner at Rau. A fancy, expensive, and extremely delicious dinner. Definitely recommend. Finally I headed back to the train…

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type: Add
content: Breakfast and excellent conversation with my new hostel-dorm-friend J, before heading to the train station. Next stop: Osnabrueck (via Hamburg). The sun was out, although it occasionally rained from nowhere. Another afternoon of wandering, although my energy was waning. The city was fine, with many interesting buildings, but not as nice as Luebeck somehow. Nowhere seemed to have wifi, except at the train station, which was excellent. I ate sweet potato waffles with not-feta at Snackwunder, and a tasty schwarma wrap at Gustav Grun.
published: 2023-03-30T18:46:44+02:00
summary: Amy added 51 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-de/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: train
tag: luebeck
tag: osnabrueck
tag: germany
target: https://i.amy.gy/202303-de/

photos-sea-turtle
type: Add
content: I finally finished E's sea turtle!
published: 2023-03-11T11:34:38+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: crochet
target: madestuff

photos-ski
type: Add
content: Visiting the local snowy woods and frozen lake near Jyvaskyla. In the evening, the 9-year-old taught me to ski. I was already sure skiing would not agree with me, and I confirmed this. At the top of the slope, as I start to slide: "Can you tell me how to slow down?" 9yo: "We'll get to that later." I have a video of me falling over, which I'll upload too at some point. There was a beautifully vibrant sunset though.
published: 2023-03-20T20:06:00+02:00
summary: Amy added 20 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: skiing
target: 202303-se-fi

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type: Add
content: I had planned to spend the morning in Malmo, then take a train to Stockholm in time for my evening ferry connection. But the weather was miserable, so I got on an earlier train to Stockholm. The weather was still miserable in Stockholm, but I went on a walking tour of the old town, had tasty vegan Swedish 'meat'balls with lingbenberries in Verte, then walked to the ferry port.
published: 2023-03-18T22:25:58+01:00
summary: Amy added 62 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: sweden
tag: stockholm
tag: train
tag: tourism
target: 202303-se-fi

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type: Add
content: The ferry arrived in Turku amidst thick fog and icy waters. I took a train to Tampere, met friends, and we walked around the snowy city. We ate cake at Cafe Runo, and junk food at HOAX, before heading back to a very busy train station with full trains and broken ticket machines. We managed to get home - to Jyvaskyla - despite this, somehow. While wandering I stashed my backpack in free lockers in a mall not too far from the station.
published: 2023-03-19T22:53:18+02:00
summary: Amy added 56 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: walkies
tag: finland23
tag: finland
tag: tampere
tag: tourism
target: 202303-se-fi

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type: Add
content: The first legs of my journey to Finland: Edinburgh to Hamburg. My first time on the Caledonian Sleeper, which even just for a (free, with interrail pass) seat was very spacious and comfortable, and came with all sorts of fancy things like earplugs. There are also vegan sausages on the breakfast menu. It's worth noting that the Sleeper website is quite ambiguous about which day an interrail pass needs to be active to be valid (departure or arrival day) so when I called (the only way to make a seat reservation with an interrail pass) I queried this; the staff weren't sure either, but as I wanted to take more trains on my arrival day they noted on my reservation that my pass is valid for the arrival day. I got no ticket, reference number or written confirmation of any kind, but when I arrived to board my name as on a list. Old skool. This got me to London with enough hours to spare for a leisurely breakfast at Keystone Coffee near KGX, before the Eurostar to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam I had time for falafel, and then got on another train bound, I thought, to Osnabrueck, where I would change to another train for Hamburg. It turned out that the line between the border and Osnabrueck had been closed for some time for engineering works, and the train was terminating early. I used the dB app to route around the closed bit of track, and alighted at Deventer. Then to Enschede, and another change to Muenster, with a bit of delay. In Muenster everything was delayed by an increasing number of hours. I consoled myself with pretzel and coffee. Time passed and disgruntled passengers accumulated on the platform. Eventually the train to Hamburg-Harburg arrived, though one to Hbf wasn't far behind.. I contemplated waiting so I wouldn't have to change again, but after about 3 hours of delay I thought I should just get on the train that was there. It stopped on the track multiple times, and was delayed outside Bremen for ages. Eventually it gave up and terminated at Bremen. Everyone got of…
published: 2023-03-15T09:28:53+01:00
summary: Amy added 25 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-cph/
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: train
tag: eurostar
tag: interrail
tag: germany
tag: denmark
tag: transit
target: 202303-cph

photos-trains-2
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content: A trains day! I had just enough time for a hasty breakfast provided by my accommodation, before a fast march to Haparanda station. I caught a train to Boden, then another to Umea. I walked along Umea's frozen river, admiring lots of random sculpture and an arts college, into the city center. I had an incredible lunch at Rost, and could happily have stayed there all day. It was freezing and clear, and every so often a gust would blow powdered snow from trees and rooftops, filling the air with glitter in the sun. I caught my next train to Stockholm. It was snowing by the time I got there, but I had a few hours to pass, so I stomped around the city center for a while. I had a distressing burger in the Swedish burger chain MAX. Initially excited to find a vegan chocolate milkshake, I regretted all of this junk food later. Then I boarded a night train to Malmo.
published: 2023-03-27T22:25:53+02:00
summary: Amy added 50 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-se-fi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: sweden
tag: stockholm
tag: umea
tag: train
target: 202303-se-fi

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content: The final leg. From Osnabrueck to Koeln Messe (a bit delayed). I walked across the bridge to Koeln Hbf, enjoying the sun and interesting architecture. I've spent a lot of time in Koeln airport bus station, but none in the city center itself. I caught the next train to Brussels (delayed), and had time to march to the nearest place for an interesting vegan burger. Then back for the Eurostar. In London in time to catch an earlier train to Edinburgh than planned (and no issue with my seat reservation, or lack thereof, supposedly required with an interrail pass). Then I had the genius realisation that I could grab the next train to Kirkcaldy on my interrail pass too, instead of waiting for the bus. I was also feeling a bit unwell and the bus all the way home from Edinburgh would definitely have finished me. I almost threw up on the 10 minute journey from Kirkcaldy train station to Dysart. Anyway, I made it. It was good to be back in the hammock. But the whole trip immediately felt like a dream.
published: 2023-03-31T23:53:22+01:00
summary: Amy added 18 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202303-de/
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: transit
tag: train
tag: germany
tag: belgium
tag: eurostar
target: https://i.amy.gy/202303-de/

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type: Add
content: I made one mug warmer a couple of weeks ago and then was struck by a brilliant idea. It finally came to fruition. Two mug warmers, which when placed together create a portal to Unicornium! One each for J and F. Oddly enough there aren't any amigurumi patterns for "half a unicorn" so I did most of this freestyle and I'm very proud of myself. I did adapt the head of a tiny horse pattern which wasn't tiny enough.
published: 2023-03-11T10:15:34+00:00
summary: Amy added 23 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: crochet
target: madestuff

photos-wenna
type: Add
content: Afternoon visit with Wenna.
published: 2023-03-05T20:26:48+00:00
summary: Amy added 5 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-livingston/
tag: walkies
tag: lowenna
tag: friends
target: 2023-livingston

week-review-13th-
type: Article
content: Got on eight trains to Copenhagen. Attended the Community part of the IATI Members Assembly. Looking forward to the Co-op having even more involvement in the IATI space. Saw N after 5.5 years! And hung out in Copenhagen with colleagues. Before getting on two trains to Malmo then Stockholm and a ferry to Finland.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 13th - 19th March
published: 2023-03-19T23:59:59+02:00
tag: travel
tag: week+in+review
tag: train
tag: iati
tag: coop
tag: odsc
tag: work
tag: conference
tag: friend
tag: finland23
tag: copenhagen

week-review-20th-
type: Article
content: Spent a gentle week in Jyvaskyla, seeing the local sights/snow and being with friends. Skiied for the first (and almost certainly last) time ever. Took a night bus to Luosto in the very north. Saw alien landscapes and the aurora borealis, went on a snow train to an amethyst mine, visited Kemi, and then over the border to Sweden.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 20th - 26th March
published: 2023-03-26T23:59:59+02:00
tag: travel
tag: week+in+review
tag: friend
tag: finland23
tag: finland
tag: skiing
tag: tourism

week-review-27th
type: Article
content: Returned from Dunoon via a ferry and a wander in Gourock. Finally got the Operations and Admin Officer, and Management Accountant Co-op jobs live. Got my head back into improving Co-op governance. Made a coconut almond cake with blackcurrent glaze, and brownies. Crocheted some gifts. Planned a trip to Finland. Felt generally exhausted and quite headachey all week. Finished Lilith's Brood and started Fevre Dream. Then H came to visit and we walk-swam-kayaked to Wemyss and back, ate pizza and watched a Liam Neeson movie, and had brunch in Edinburgh with Dave.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 27th Feb - 5th March
published: 2023-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
tag: hiking
tag: family
tag: kayak
tag: wild+swimming
tag: swimming
tag: crochet
tag: scotland
tag: dunoon
tag: baking
tag: week+in+review
tag: travel

week-review-6th--
type: Article
content: Focus on Co-op recruitment (now we're hiring a Senior Data Analyst too), and governance stuff. Had a new novel idea... My posting apps broke due to a PHP upgrade, sigh. Bought warm clothes for going to Finland. Made pb chocolate chip cookies at the Community Kitchen. Swam in the sea again, before breakfast on Saturday. Finished E's sea turtle and unicornium mug warmers for J and F. Lunch in Edinburgh with J and F. Much travel planning. Watched Wakanda Forever and started Ms Marvel. Planted french beans, runner beans, broad beans, soya beans, mange tout, parsley, basil, beetroot, fancy carrots, gherkins and cucumbers to kick off gardening season.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 6th - 12th March
published: 2023-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
tag: life
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: crochet
tag: swimming
tag: wild+swimming
tag: sea
tag: sunrise
tag: fife
tag: hacking
tag: sloph
tag: gardening

delighted-report
type: Note
content: Delighted to report that the UK gov emergency alert test didn't come through on either of the phones currently about my person. I had assumed it would work over whatever lets you call 999 without a network connection, but turns out it requires such new-fangled concepts as "4G" and/or "Android 11+".
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-04-23T15:21:33+01:00
tag: phones
tag: technology
tag: life

im-very-tired
type: Note
content: I'm very tired* of the assumption that the Web needs advertising in some form to continue to exist as a widely accessible service. I will not accept this false dichotomy of ads or paywalls. Everywhere we fucking look we have ads and paywalls. See: media streaming services, the cinema, print newspapers and magazines... Please, I beg you, go involve yourself in some kind of co-operative, collective, mutual aid, community organisation, literally anything that isn't just transaction/exploitation based, and consider that maybe there are other ways to exist. * tired in the sense of exhausted and weary, and also in the sense of mind-numbingly bored by.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-04-12T18:26:33+01:00
tag: web
tag: decentralisation
tag: advertising
tag: life

like-trains
type: Article
content: I have returned from my three week round trip by land and sea to Finland, with stops in Denmark, Sweden and Germany en route. Here is a picture of every train I went on. Several of them were not ones I planned to go on. I also went on the Copenhagen metro, several local buses in Jyvaskyla, a ferry from Stockholm to Turku, and from Trelleborg to Rostock, a local bus from Kemi to Haparanda, a local bus from Rostock Port to Luetten Klein, a Flixbus from Rostock to Luebeck, my local bus from home to Edinburgh and from Kirkcaldy to home, and some skiis and a child's sled.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: I like trains
published: 2023-04-02T16:18:41+01:00
tag: travel
tag: finland23
tag: train
tag: transit
tag: transport
tag: iliketrains

photos-bakewell
type: Add
content: Mum taught me how to do the fancy icing on a bakewell tart (using a cocktail stick). Then we ate the bakewell tart.
published: 2023-04-23T10:54:39+01:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: family
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-beach
type: Add
content: J and family came to visit. We had lunch in Merchant's House, then walked from Path Head to Dysart along the beach and coastal path, looking for sea glass and pretty rocks. When it was time to go home, E did not want to leave.
published: 2023-04-10T19:31:00+01:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: friend
target: 2023-fife

photos-beach-2
type: Add
content: Mixed days this week; mostly braw, but some chill winds and banks of cloud with substantive raindrops passing through. A nice day of big crashy waves. Pictures from sunrises and walks with Max.
published: 2023-04-16T09:50:10+01:00
summary: Amy added 19 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: walkies
tag: fife
target: 2023-fife

photos-beach-3
type: Add
content: Cleaned the beach near Wemyss. Heard a rumour about a fire in Dysart and then walked past the end of it being put out on the way home.
published: 2023-04-15T19:50:30+01:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart
type: Add
content: Extremely nice to be home. Beautiful spring day walkies with Max.
published: 2023-04-02T19:54:10+01:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: max
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart-2
type: Add
content: Sunrise, sunset.
published: 2023-04-03T19:56:14+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: sunset
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart-3
type: Add
content: Just a regular sunrise, nothing to see here. Then an evening with lovely people in Bustle & Buzz listening to experimental banjo folk from Jacken Elswyth.
published: 2023-04-04T20:00:41+01:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: grain+and+sustain
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart-4
type: Add
content: More gorgeous sunrises. Rainbow. Big moon.
published: 2023-04-07T20:09:34+01:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: sunrise
tag: moon
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-food
type: Add
content: Marmalade / damson jam / mincemeat tarts. Rocky road at the Community Kitchen. Lime pie with limes rescued from a bin, condensed coconut milk that was out of date, and a nut and date crust. Very moussey and good.
published: 2023-04-10T21:53:01+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-food-2
type: Add
content: Jammy sponge in the Community Kitchen. More rescued-lime-based things at home: lime and coconut jelly with lime mousse on top; lime chocolate pudding with lime mousse on top.
published: 2023-04-14T21:02:42+01:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-food-3
type: Add
content: Community Kitchen this week: coconut and rose panna cotta with mango and strawberry puree on top. Cardamom cookies.
published: 2023-04-26T15:14:18+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: baking
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
tag: vegan
tag: food
target: madefood

photos-garden
type: Add
content: Time in the garden yesterday. Promoted tomatoes and gherkins/courgettes/cucumbers to bigger pots or the ground in the polytunnel. Harvested chard and purple sprouting broccoli. Mange tout and beans have sprouted, but my soya beans are a no show. Again. No sign of beets or carrots yet. All of the labels washed off so we've kind of lost track of what else went in the trays. Also made experimental mustard green kimchi. I do not have high hopes.
published: 2023-04-16T09:12:53+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-garden-2
type: Add
content: Cucumbers, courgettes, gherkins, tomatoes, chillis sprouting. Moved the salsify into a line.
published: 2023-04-15T17:18:58+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-home
type: Add
content: Home at last! And the sunrises are braw (if a bit brisk this week) and the bluebells are out everywhere.
published: 2023-04-28T10:10:24+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-mums
type: Add
content: To Mum's for the weekend to recover post-Wortley. Went to a quilting fare, walked in the woods. Lunches at Denstone Farm Shop and The Ramblers. But mostly, sitting around and bananagrams.
published: 2023-04-24T20:13:42+01:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202304-wortley/
tag: family
target: 202304-wortley

photos-plants
type: Add
content: Loads of flowers on my oxalis. A sneaky nasturtium in the tradescantia. An early veg harvest: carrots, mustard greens, land cress, rocket, sprouting broccoli, chives.
published: 2023-04-09T20:38:10+01:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-wemyss
type: Add
content: Dave and H at the beach at East Wemyss, after a spontaneous visit to the caves.
published: 2023-04-17T07:35:18+01:00
summary: Amy added 2 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: family
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-wenna
type: Add
content: A weekend with K and Lowenna. We threw the ball in the park and walked around the local woods; walked in the Pentlands; and trekked across town to Castaway Coffee for a treat. Lowenna is slimy.
published: 2023-04-09T20:28:25+01:00
summary: Amy added 34 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-livingston/
tag: walkies
tag: lowenna
tag: friends
tag: castaway+coffee
target: 2023-livingston

photos-wortley
type: Add
content: Three days of intense Co-op work at Wortley Hall, punctuated by nice walkies around the fields with the Wortley Wanderers, and lots of carbs (though the food gets better every year).
published: 2023-04-20T17:41:55+01:00
summary: Amy added 34 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202304-wortley/
tag: walkies
tag: coop
tag: odsc
tag: work
tag: cogm
tag: wortley+hall
target: 202304-wortley

three-day-quite
type: Note
content: A three-day, quite intense and tiring but overwhelmingly positive Open Data Services Co-op CoGM this week. We're in a state of flux at the moment as several complex and interdependent internal moving parts come together in support of the co-operative future we want, and that can often lead to frustration and stress. We had a lot of alignment this week, collectively, but (and) there also remains a lot of work still to do. I was taking today off to rest, but accidentally drafted a Remuneration Strategy based on thoughts percolating in my subconscious from the past few days instead. (I continue to surprise myself when I reflect on what my job seems to entail these days.)
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-04-21T17:01:36+01:00
tag: cooplife
tag: ods

week-reivew-17th-
type: Article
content: Down to Wortley for our whole-Co-op in-person meeting. Wandered the fields, and worked hard. To my Mum's for recovery. Made a bakewell tart. Watched Triangle of Sadness. Finished Matter, started Inversions.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in reivew: 17th - 23rd April
published: 2023-04-23T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: family
tag: cogm
tag: walkies

week-review-10th-
type: Article
content: Had some long days doing Co-op operations and staff & welfare work. But also started gearing up to do some actual data stuff again. Dave got a diving job! Started a new crochet project. Finished Fevre Dream. Wrote a bit. A mix of nice weather. J and family came to visit and we walked from Ravenscraig to Dysart. Walkies with Max, did gardening, swam in the sea, and cleaned the beach. Was late for sunrise most mornings. Made jammy sponge at the Community Kitchen, and things with limes at home. K came round and we went for a brief jaunt to the Wemyss caves. My first self-seeded nasturtium and sunflower are up in the footpath garden.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 10th - 16th April
published: 2023-04-16T23:59:59+01:00
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: beach
tag: fife
tag: swimming
tag: walkies
tag: friend
tag: gardening

week-review-24th-
type: Article
content: Returned from Mum's. Lots of Co-op work. Caught up on sunrises. Made cardamom cookies and panna cotta in the Community Kitchen. Finished Inversions, started A Fire Upon The Deep. Finished Picard. Planted some things kidnapped from Mum's garden in my footpath garden. A friday night relaxing float in the sea, as a storm brewed on the horizon. Wrote quite a bit, actually.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 24th - 30th April
published: 2023-04-30T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: gardening
tag: amwriting
tag: openings

week-review-27th
type: Article
content: Traveled south by train through Sweden then spent a day in Malmo. Took the ferry to Germany for a day in Luebeck, most of day in Osnabrueck and a final travel day back home. Rested. Planted some flowers.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 27th March - 2nd April
published: 2023-04-02T23:59:59+01:00
tag: travel
tag: week+in+review
tag: train
tag: finland23
tag: germany
tag: sweden
tag: ferry
tag: tourism

week-review-3rd--
type: Article
content: Early veg harvest. Actually started writing my new novel idea. Just a couple of hundred words per day. Goal is more than none. Caught up with Co-op work and friends/neighbours. Listened to live music at Bustle & Buzz. Swam in the sea. Walkies with Max. Made rocky road at the Community Kitchen and lime pie at home. Went on a Lowenna adventure. Finised Consider Phlebus. Didn't like it much. I'm glad it wasn't the first Iain M Banks I read! Started Matter.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 3rd - 9th April
published: 2023-04-09T23:59:59+01:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: baking
tag: beach
tag: friend
tag: walkies
tag: lowenna
tag: max
tag: amwriting

photos-arran
type: Add
content: Tuesday evening departure for the Arran adventure. We caught three trains to Ardrossan, then camped on some empty scrub near the port. We awoke at sunrise for the first ferry to Brodick. A bad night's sleep - as the first night in the tent usually is - left us feeling pretty heavy, so we had a slow day. We first pitched the tent in some woods up a wee hill. It was a good out of the way spot, but it was very midgey. Subsequent scouting - after a very good breakfast at Little Rock - yielded the beach to be a much better location. We relaxed at the (very interesting) Arran Heritage museum for a while. I had a nice cup of tea and a vegan cinnamon swirl, and wrote and read, while R and I took it in turns to visit the exhibits and chill in the garden with Max. Then we moved the tent to the beach, though were beaten to the best spot by another very smug camper by about 5 minutes. Midges were less persistent because of the breeze, but still around, so Max slept in the tent (after what happened last time). He loves it.
published: 2023-05-24T21:42:08+01:00
summary: Amy added 32 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202305-arran/
tag: travel
tag: hiking
tag: walkies
tag: scotland
tag: arran
tag: camping
target: 202305-arran

photos-arran-2
type: Add
content: Awake for a glorious sunrise on the beach. We took the bus to Corrie, then walked along the coast to Sannox, checking out various interesting rock formations. We stopped for breakfast at Mara Deli, which was really delicious - kedgeree with crispy tofu, and excellent coffee. They have banana blossom tacos too which I was sad I didn't manage to return to try. A lovely outdoor location with a sea view, and dog-friendly. From Sannox we took the bus to Lochranza, then embarked on a far more substantive than expected hike over the hills. It was very glorious. Max met a boxer dog called Betty who wanted to affectionately punch him in the face over and over, and he wasn't sure what to make of that. When we finally made it to the coast, by Laggan Cottage, I read on the beach for an hour while R went off to look for fossils. Finding none, we continued, only to discover the fossils had been in the direction we wanted to walk all along. The return route around the coast was beautiful too, a bit rugged, and I was running on fumes. We were absolutely knackered by the time we made it back to Lochranza, in time for the 5pm bus. We got off in Blackwaterfoot, on the west side, having had the original plan to explore there as well. But we were too tired, and just waited for the next bus back to Brodick. We got very excellent sourdough pizza (with king oyster mushrooms) from The Parlour in Brodick, as well as nice sorbet, and ate it on the beach.
published: 2023-05-25T20:26:03+01:00
summary: Amy added 62 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202305-arran/
tag: travel
tag: hiking
tag: walkies
tag: scotland
tag: arran
tag: camping
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 202305-arran

photos-arran-3
type: Add
content: Max and I had a restful day to ourselves while R went off on his bike to look for rocks. We started in the Little Rock cafe in Brodick and.. stayed there reading and writing and eating for a while. Finally we got our act together and set out south around the coast, towards Lamlash. Another glorious day, and another beautiful rocky path. The next stop on the food tour was The Drift Inn, which had several great vegan options. I had a cracking Beyond burger with melted smoked not-cheese in a pretzel bun. It was perfect, and the location was gorgeous too. We returned via an inland route, across some hills and through a bit of woods. Then spent the rest of the day relaxing on the beach.
published: 2023-05-26T19:22:16+01:00
summary: Amy added 30 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202305-arran/
tag: travel
tag: hiking
tag: walkies
tag: scotland
tag: arran
tag: camping
tag: beach
target: 202305-arran

photos-arran-4
type: Add
content: Some clouds provided a bit of relief from the sun, but still a beautiful day. We took the bus to Whiting Bay, then walked from there to Kildonan. We weren't sure if it was accessible along the beach the whole day and ended up doing quite a trek along a road which wasn't ideal. From there we bussed to Blackwaterfoot, and finally managed to hike to the King's Cave. We found a fossil dinosaur foot/handprint and some excellent rock formations, and beautiful views. We did a circular route which, once again, was longer than expected. We marched to Shiskine for the last bus back to Brodick.
published: 2023-05-27T19:32:40+01:00
summary: Amy added 61 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202305-arran/
tag: travel
tag: hiking
tag: walkies
tag: scotland
tag: arran
tag: camping
tag: beach
target: 202305-arran

photos-arran-5
type: Add
content: Another hike to Lamlash, via a different inland route. Found a community woodland/orchard, and R finally hit upon agates. I had lunch and read/wrote at The Drift Inn again by myself. Staff were exceptionally kind, and found vegan mayo to go with my croquettes and mac-n-not-cheese, and a vegan chocolate for me when I went to pay the bill. I stuck my head in the Old Pier Cafe; they had some vegan stuff, but it was cramped and busy. I returned by bus, and read on the beach.
published: 2023-05-28T18:44:10+01:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202305-arran/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: hiking
tag: walkies
tag: scotland
tag: arran
tag: camping
tag: beach
target: 202305-arran

photos-arran-6
type: Add
content: R went off for one final rock hunting trip on his bike, and I wandered into Brodick. Finally got to Wooley's Bakery, which had an astounding amount of vegan options, sweet and savoury. I started with an excellent sausage roll and a brownie, and bought more things for the journey home. Posted a postcard, cleaned up our campsite, and read and wrote on the beach until R got back. Then we headed for the ferry back to Ardrossan, and three trains home.
published: 2023-05-26T19:53:11+01:00
summary: Amy added 23 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202305-arran/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: walkies
tag: scotland
tag: arran
tag: camping
tag: beach
tag: max
target: 202305-arran

photos-bakewell
type: Add
content: Bakewell tart at the Community Kitchen. Mum taught me how to do the fancy squiggles. It took three goes to get them half-decent.
published: 2023-05-03T16:59:25+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-cake
type: Add
content: Oat and marmalade muffins for the Greener Kirkcaldy open day. Many jars of rhubarb from the garden. Ginger set in chocolate for a friend.
published: 2023-05-21T22:07:13+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-cake-2
type: Add
content: Rhubarb muffins from explosion of garden rhubarb. Carrot cake with tangy frosting in the community kitchen.
published: 2023-05-31T19:09:25+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-cambo
type: Add
content: An adventure to Cambo Gardens with K and Tara, featuring a nice lunch. Tara was an excellent beach gremlin.
published: 2023-05-07T19:36:21+01:00
summary: Amy added 29 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
target: 2023-fife

photos-dryads
type: Add
content: Dryads!
published: 2023-05-14T11:03:18+01:00
summary: Amy added 2 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-garden
type: Add
content: Courgettes are already fruiting. Planted cucumbers/gherkins (we'll see) and tomatoes into my footpath garden. Gave away the rest of the tomatoes that we had no space for.
published: 2023-05-20T17:24:29+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-leith
type: Add
content: A long walk along the Water of Leith, with a detour to Green Bite Cafe. Tara made many friends, and frolicked in the water. At Leith Market, we met M and Lowenna. I bought much vegan cheese and not-pork pies (from Earthy and Kama) then we had more lunch in the Sly Fox. Tara and Lowenna bring their own special blend of chaos, sweetness, and antagonism to any outings. We walked along the Water of Leith some more, then sat in a dog-filled park for a while as Lowenna joined a pack. Tara was bemused by all of the bigger dogs running around, and settled for guarding our perimeter and asserting her boundaries with yaps.
published: 2023-05-13T21:57:25+01:00
summary: Amy added 50 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: hiking
tag: walkies
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: lowenna
target: 2023-edi

photos-maud
type: Add
content: A visit with Maud..
published: 2023-05-01T19:33:01+01:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: maud
tag: cat
target: 2023-fife

photos-may
type: Add
content: Up at 5 to walk to the Auld Kirk to climb the tower in time for sunrise. A tradition to welcome spring. Then a nice breakfast provided by the Auld Kirk Trust volunteers, and a glorious walk back home.
published: 2023-05-01T09:29:00+01:00
summary: Amy added 27 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: hiking
tag: spring
tag: sunrise
tag: the+auld+kirk
target: 2023-fife

photos-mcr
type: Add
content: Two days of Co-op governance coworking in Manchester. As well as being very positive and productive, I found a toastie place (Frankie's) that would put ramen in a toastie with vegan cheese, and that was fantastic. The next day I went back for baked beans, potato waffle and jalapenos in a toastie. And an excessive peanut pretzel milkshake. Also had fantastic food at 8th Day Co-op Cafe, Pastan, and Wholesome Junkies.
published: 2023-05-18T20:11:01+01:00
summary: Amy added 26 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202305-mcr/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: ods
tag: coop
tag: manchester
target: 202305-mcr

photos-stgeorge
type: Add
content: St George's mushrooms out bang on schedule. Dryad's starting. Fairy ring champignon in the secret cemetery?
published: 2023-05-11T19:04:00+01:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-sunrise
type: Add
content: A braw week of sunrises and sunsets in Fife, around a trip to Manchester.
published: 2023-05-21T11:16:42+01:00
summary: Amy added 38 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise-2
type: Add
content: Good mornings.
published: 2023-06-05T07:28:27+01:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-tara
type: Add
content: To Edinburgh to be looked after by Tara! She bounced so high when I arrived. And accompanied me on visits to Seeds For The Soul and Chapter One Coffee. We attempted to go to Harmonium for their final weekend, but it was full. Nova Pizza squeezed us in instead. Tara is not an early riser.
published: 2023-05-05T22:49:31+01:00
summary: Amy added 18 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: walkies
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
target: 2023-edi

photos-tara-2
type: Add
content: Ran into Tara's mad family on the Links this morning, for some unexpected excitement. Wee breakfast at Cafe Kweer before train to Kirkcaldy.
published: 2023-05-07T09:24:32+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: walkies
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
target: 2023-edi

photos-tara-3
type: Add
content: Cuddles, walkies and food touring with Tara. Co-op colleagues came to cowork as well.
published: 2023-05-10T19:42:49+01:00
summary: Amy added 24 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: coop
target: 2023-edi

photos-tara-4
type: Add
content: Breakfast at Curran Geal. Work all day, through a day of glorious sunshine. When we finally got out in the evening a haar promptly descended on the whole city. We stomped around Holyrood Park anyway, and got home in time for dinner to be delivered from Soul Vegan. Tara crashed out, and refused any more walkies for 24 hours.
published: 2023-05-11T21:46:03+01:00
summary: Amy added 27 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: walkies
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
target: 2023-edi

photos-tara-5
type: Add
content: I was at work, and Tara was refusing to get up most of the day. We did manage a frolic with a big stick on Bruntsfield Links, and a nice lunch at Curran Geal.
published: 2023-05-12T21:52:02+01:00
summary: Amy added 12 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: walkies
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
target: 2023-edi

photos-tara-6
type: Add
content: My last day with Tara - lunch at Curran Geal with F. Then I returned two days later for a night before an early train. An evening walk with Tara's mad family. This is the first time I managed to get a photo of them that wasn't a blur.
published: 2023-05-16T22:05:54+01:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: edinburgh
tag: dogsitting
tag: tara
tag: walkies
tag: vegan
tag: food
target: 2023-edi

photos-tara-gla
type: Add
content: Tara and I visited F in Glasgow. We enjoyed the anti-monarchy protests, and lots of tasty vegan food.
published: 2023-05-06T19:53:42+01:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
tag: walkies
tag: glasgow
target: 2023-edi

week-review-15th-
type: Article
content: Immediately woke up at sunrise once I was home. Finished Anne Frank Diaries. Work on onboarding new staff, co-op staffing plan, general admin. One more evening with Tara. Went to Manchester to work on co-op governance, and eat many good things. Swam in the sea. Baked for the Greener Kirkcaldy open day. Garden update. Caught up with friends.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 15th - 21st May
published: 2023-05-21T23:59:59+01:00
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: gardening
tag: edinburgh
tag: sunrise
tag: fife
tag: manchester
tag: greener+kirkcaldy

week-review-1st--
type: Article
content: Climbed the Auld Kirk tower for sunrise on the 1st to welcome spring. St George's mushrooms! And dryad's saddle starting. Made bakewell tart at the Community Kitchen. Went to Edinburgh to see Tara. Adventure in Glasgow with F and Cambo Gardens with K. Started and finished reading The Wasp Factory. Started watching Bridgerton.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 1st - 7th May
published: 2023-05-07T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: fife
tag: foraging
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: walkies

week-review-22nd-
type: Article
content: Lots of work to get ready for new Co-op people starting. Also we're still hiring developers... Swam in the sea. Went to Arran. Hiked around the east and north of Arran; to the south along the east coast; parts of the south and west coast; to Lamlash again.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 22nd - 28th May
published: 2023-05-28T23:59:59+01:00
tag: travel
tag: week+in+review
tag: ods
tag: arran
tag: scotland

week-review-8th---14th
type: Article
content: Nonstop work, but also lots of eating and walkies and Tara cuddles. Walkies around Holyrood Park and to Leith and back. Started reading Anne Frank Diaries. Finished watching Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte. Feeling excited and exhausted. Dryads!
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 8th - 14th May
published: 2023-05-14T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
tag: lowenna

photos-bday
type: Add
content: Did a rather inordinate amount of baking for K's birthday. Started as soon as I finished work at about 1730 on Friday evening until I ran out of steam, then resumed at 5am on Saturday. It was a blast. I made matcha cookies, chocolate hazelnut brownies, a lime polenta cake with lime curd in the middle and rhubarb frosting, mini vegan quiches with oyster mushrooms and courgette inside, and a buckwheat, lentil and edamame salad with roasted courgettes. The pastry went wrong the first time so I had to do emergency hot water crust at short notice, and that was actually way better. The quiches were excellent (if I do say so myself).
published: 2023-06-17T09:53:41+01:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: friend
target: madefood

photos-beach
type: Add
content: Summer can't quite make up its mind if it's here yet, but when the sky is blue, it's hot! Some big tides.
published: 2023-06-04T21:40:37+01:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-culross-limekilns
type: Add
content: I woke up with a screaming headache, so walked out of the woods to High Valleyfield, the nearest small and dreary town, to find the Co-op open before 7am. They IDed me for ibuprofen and a bottle of water, looking and feeling like absolute shit, still in the clothes I'd slept in straight from the woods. Haha. They sold me the ibuprofen anyway. We had to hang around until Culross Palace was open. Mostly we chilled in a park nearby, and visited the gardens for a bit. The palace was great actually. They even had a dog-volunteer (another dog) who Max could wait with while we followed the guide around inside. It's interesting how much history has been preserved here due to sheer neglect over the centuries. We delayed further by having cake in the cafe. We finally commenced walking. Most of the route was along roads and quite rubbish. At Newmills we met some people scavenging a door from a skip. We were about 18 hours behind our original schedule at this point, but managed to chat for over an hour about .. the environment, state of the world, reuse and recycling, litter, etc... We took a detour towards Charlestown off the official path, because it looked like a nicer woody trail rather than a main track. So glad we did! There was a lovely stream, some interesting caves, and... We found so much chicken of the woods. We harvested it, and continued to the town. It wasn't going to survive a night in the tent and another day of walking, so we decided to just call it and get the bus home. We went to see the lime kilns, and continue to the town of Limekilns. I wanted to press on to Inverkeithing or at least Ferrytoll, but the buses were scarce, my feet were hurting, and most of that stretch of the route was along road. So we just got the bus home from Limekilns. So there's a stretch of the Coastal Path between Limekilns and Inverkeithing that I've never walked... I'll have to get back to that.
published: 2023-06-11T20:49:14+01:00
summary: Amy added 59 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: hiking
tag: walkies
tag: fife+coastal+path
tag: camping
target: 2023-fife

photos-dysart
type: Add
published: 2023-06-08T06:38:24+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-falkland
type: Add
content: An adventure to Falkland Open Gardens with K, JB and E. We ate many good snacks, bought plants, saw lovely gardens, and also went to Pillars of Hercules for lunch. On the way home we stopped at B&Q. What a day!
published: 2023-06-03T21:38:12+01:00
summary: Amy added 20 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
tag: fife
target: 2023-fife

photos-food
type: Add
content: Panna cotta with rhubarb topping at the Community Kitchen. Burritos and popcorn at home.
published: 2023-06-07T21:03:15+01:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-food-2
type: Add
content: Loads of chicken of the woods, so nothing to do but make KFC... Kirkcaldy Fried Chicken. And chunked a load for a future curry. Polenta, almond and lime cake too, inspired by one I had at Culross Palace yesterday. Mine also has stewed rhubarb in, as a yoghurt substitute. Obviously.
published: 2023-06-11T21:04:38+01:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-food-3
type: Add
content: Summer fruit jellies at the Community Kitchen. Excellent slow cooker thai green curry with chicken of the woods, oyster mushrooms and courgettes and onions from the garden. And a creamy oyster mushroom and courgette pasta sauce.
published: 2023-06-15T21:20:44+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
target: madefood

photos-food-4
type: Add
content: Made rose panna cotta at the Community Kitchen. And oyster mushroom lasagne and oyster mushroom tempura at home.
published: 2023-06-30T20:21:52+01:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-foraging
type: Add
content: An early parasol in Ravenscraig Park. Oyster mushrooms in Ravenscraig too, though none yet in the oyster woods. Chicken of the woods in the oyster woods doesn't seem to be growing, so we're leaving it alone.
published: 2023-06-04T18:31:58+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-foraging-2
type: Add
content: Someone found these growing on the compost at Greener Kirkcaldy! Gorgeous. (I was consulted to see if they're edible!)
published: 2023-06-07T19:19:11+01:00
summary: Amy added 1 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: 2023-foraging

photos-foraging-3
type: Add
content: Oodles (1.4kg) of chicken of the woods at [redacted] on the south fife coast.. so much that we had to abandon our hike early to bring it home. Back in Kirkcaldy, the oyster mushrooms are flushing... right on schedule.
published: 2023-06-11T21:20:22+01:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-foraging-4
type: Add
content: The season is really kicking off in the oyster woods. Got several kilos. All in perfect condition, barely needed cleaning. Little rain means they've not been splashed with dirt, and also they're not so full of water that they turn to soup when cooked, but fry up perfectly!
published: 2023-06-12T21:09:39+01:00
summary: Amy added 23 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-foraging-5
type: Add
content: More oyster mushroom runs, closer to home. Found another chicken of the woods in a well hidden but accessible-once-you-know it nearby location. Waiting to see if it grows more; will be a good haul if so. Also found a deer shield, a small inkcap I haven't seen before, and some interesting weird grey growths on a fallen log.
published: 2023-06-18T21:57:37+01:00
summary: Amy added 24 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-foraging-6
type: Add
content: Took R for oyster mushrooms
published: 2023-06-25T19:37:25+01:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-foraging-7
type: Add
content: Yet more oyster mushrooms
published: 2023-06-28T22:24:15+01:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: max
target: 2023-foraging

photos-garden
type: Add
content: Pulled out all the flowering salsify, as pretty as it is, and self-seeded potatoes. Planted chard, carrots (god knows what happened to the last lot), land cress, radish, radicchio, rocket, purple sprouting broccoli, kale. The beetroot crop is patchy. Lots of other things just didn't sprout. Some sunflower seeds from a flower head I left lying around last year in my living room got damp and sprouted, so I've potted them up..
published: 2023-06-04T18:25:12+01:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-garden-2
type: Add
content: Managed to stay on top of watering the footpath garden this week. Veg seems to be coping. Flowers are also looking good. Self-seeded nasturtiums are still popping up at a rate of about two per day. Sunday in the main garden. Some of the tomatoes are nearly as tall as me already. Dug the chillis out of the ground in the polytunnel into big pots, so we can move them when it's cold. Replaced them with aubergines (from the RNLI plant sale). Propped up the broad beans and sweet peas. Mounded potatoes. Improved anti-sparrow measures for the chard, beet, carrots, whatever other unlabelled things that have started sprouting.
published: 2023-06-18T21:49:58+01:00
summary: Amy added 22 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-garden-3
type: Add
content: Arranged wildflowers I picked at dawn on the solstice, on the way back from rose petal harvesting. Also, mystery (self-seeded) bean growing with one of my tomatoes.
published: 2023-06-23T18:38:34+01:00
summary: Amy added 12 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
tag: flowers
tag: solstice
target: growstuff

photos-kincardine
type: Add
content: Took an afternoon bus to Kincardine with R and Max and the tent, and began the first segment of the Fife Coastal Path. It wasn't really very coastal. We poked around Culross when we arrived, and debated marching on for another few hours, or hanging around to visit the palace in the morning. We decided to stay. So we passed the evening with some unnecessary miles around the perimeter of Preston Island, and camped in the woods. Culross is very cute. So far this part of the rest of the coastal path has been uninspiring though.
published: 2023-06-09T20:45:44+01:00
summary: Amy added 50 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: hiking
tag: fife+coastal+path
tag: camping
target: 2023-fife

photos-pizza
type: Add
content: Miraculously planned ahead on thursday, and made a pizza dough to rise overnight. I only had wholewheat strong flour, and plain flour, so used a combination of the two and it was great. Topped with a tomato sauce made from homegrown tomato/rocket passata, sambal, and tomato puree; chicken of the woods chunks, oyster mushrooms, and courgette from the garden of course, home-pickled gherkins and jalapenos as well; and grated and cream Sheese.
published: 2023-06-16T21:23:56+01:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: pizza
target: madefood

photos-rose
type: Add
content: Many hours spent rescuing spiders, wee flies, aphids, earwigs, tiny snails and weird squiggly guys from the rose petals, before processing. Unlike last year, I managed not to bring any bees home with me. Then I made loads of rose water and rose syrup, at home and at the Community Kitchen.
published: 2023-06-21T20:17:13+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
target: madefood

photos-rose-baking
type: Add
content: Rhubarb mousse topped with rose jelly tart, with a date and oat crust, and decorated with a variety of scavenged, donated or homegrown fruit. Cardamom rose shortbread topped with pistachios.
published: 2023-06-24T20:28:01+01:00
summary: Amy added 22 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-rose-cake
type: Add
content: Polenta almond lime cake, drizzled with rose syrup, at the Community Kitchen. Vegan and gluten-free.
published: 2023-06-21T20:22:54+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-solstice
type: Add
content: An incredible, gentle solstice. I walked, alone, to the beach at West Wemyss before dawn, and harvested dewy rose petals for a couple of hours.
published: 2023-06-21T07:00:13+01:00
summary: Amy added 39 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: solstice
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise
type: Add
content: Some exceedingly braw sunrises this week. Mostly hot clear days. First half of the week starting the day with a bit of haar, so had to wait for the sun to rise past it. Beautiful blue afternoons, with enough sea breeze to offset the summer heat. Idyllic, really.
published: 2023-06-14T16:31:58+01:00
summary: Amy added 20 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: weather
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise-2
type: Add
content: I sometimes still just can't believe I live here. Also that my body cooperates in sitting me bolt upright wide awake at 4am so I can witness this every day.
published: 2023-06-18T21:35:19+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise-3
type: Add
content: More celestial masterpieces on my doorstep.
published: 2023-06-18T05:40:00+01:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise-4
type: Add
content: A week of braw sunrises, calm seas, still evenings. R came to visit, after years of being so-close-but-so-far!
published: 2023-06-25T22:04:04+01:00
summary: Amy added 51 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: friend
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise-5
type: Add
content: Sunrises; wanders into town (too much sushi); Greener Kirkcaldy volunteer celebration in Ravenscraig Walled Gardens.
published: 2023-06-30T16:46:25+01:00
summary: Amy added 27 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: koku+shi
tag: kangus
target: 2023-fife

photos-walkies
type: Add
published: 2023-06-20T11:54:22+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: max
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

week-review-12th-
type: Article
content: Co-op internal/operations and governance work. Prepping for our OGM. Made summer fruit jellies at the Community Kitchen, and thai green chicken (of the woods) curry, oyster mushroom pasta, and chicken (of the woods) and mushroom pizza at home. Several trips for oyster mushrooms and found some other things too. Vast amount of baking for K's birthday. Exciting visit to the RNLI plant sale at Kinghorn. Garden day on Sunday. Dried oyster mushrooms, mint and sage in the dehydrator. Finished Surface Detail, started A Psalm for the Wild-Built. More meetings and IRL socialising than an average week. Might need to hide for a couple of days. Dave came back, briefly, and left again. But he did make me lunch in the short window of being in the flat. Woke up for sunrise most days. Swam in the sea twice. Monday morning around 9 was in a light haar, and the sea was really glossy with big rolling waves; high reflection and low water visibility made it felt like I was swimming in the sky. Friday morning at 6 was gorgeous too.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 12th - 18th June
published: 2023-06-18T21:11:19+01:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: baking
tag: foraging
tag: fife
tag: gardening
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: walkies

week-review-19th-
type: Article
content: Walkies with Max. Worked on upgrading the JSON schema version for the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard. Co-chaired our co-op OGM. We made some Decisions About The Future (tm). Finally got some rain. Swam in the sea. The now traditional Solstice dawn rose petal harvest. Made much rose water and rose syrup. Made polenta cake at the Community Kitchen and Rhubarb and rose jelly tart and cardamom rose shortbread at home. Arranged some wildflowers. Finished A Psalm for the Wild-Built. Started Use of Weapons. Glorious sunrises. R came to visit and we foraged oyster mushrooms.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 19th - 25th June
published: 2023-06-25T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: ods
tag: foraging
tag: roses
tag: solstice
tag: sunrise

week-review-29th
type: Article
content: Returned from Arran. Swam in the sea. Alternating grey and braw days. Not that they grey isn't also braw, on an empty beach at 5am. Made carrot cake at the Community Kitchen and rhubarb/banana muffins at home. Long work days. Oyster mushrooms are starting... Falkland adventure. Much blog catchup. Finished A Deepness In The Sky. Started Surface Detail. Garden catchup.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 29th May - 4th June
published: 2023-06-04T23:59:59+01:00
tag: scotland
tag: arran
tag: baking
tag: gardening
tag: fife
tag: ods
tag: cooplife
tag: week+in+review
tag: vegan
tag: food
tag: travel

week-review-5th--
type: Article
content: Finally on top of Co-op internal work, and even did some client work! Swam in the sea. Made rhubarb panna cotta at the Community Kitchen. Walked part of the Fife coastal path, from Kincardine to Culross, then visited Culross Palace and went the scenic route to Limekilns. Had to abandon the hike there as we found so much chicken of the woods and needed to get it home to a fridge/stomach. And the oysters started too.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 5th - 11th June
published: 2023-06-11T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: foraging
tag: fife
tag: hiking
tag: walkies

photos-baking
type: Add
content: Courgette and rose cake at the Community Kitchen. Courgette choc chip, and rhubarb flapjack, at home.
published: 2023-07-08T16:33:47+01:00
summary: Amy added 5 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-baking-2
type: Add
content: Jammy double biscuits with rose frosting at the Community Kitchen.
published: 2023-07-19T16:36:55+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-baking-max
type: Add
content: Homemade gluten-free, vegan dog treats for Maximus. Containing peanut butter, gram flour, rice flour, coconut flour, coconut oil, cinnamon. Chomp chomp.
published: 2023-07-09T08:49:51+01:00
summary: Amy added 17 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: max
target: madefood

photos-cake
type: Add
content: Courgette cupcakes with chocolate fudge piped frosting for little E's birthday party.
published: 2023-07-15T12:00:43+01:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-cramond
type: Add
content: Tara and I had a lazy morning, lunch at Curran Geal, then missed the bus to Cramond. So we walked all the way from Bruntsfield to Cramond Island, via the causeway. It was great! We did not get trapped by the sea. I only had to fight Tara to stop her from eating disgusting things several times. There were also lots of revolting things to roll in. We walked to Silverknowes, then caught a bus back into town. Met K at Holy Cow for dinner, then walked home.
published: 2023-07-26T20:45:39+01:00

photos-crochet
type: Add
content: Finished making some new friends on the train (for E and E).
published: 2023-07-15T12:35:27+01:00
summary: Amy added 19 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: crochet
target: madestuff

photos-edi
type: Add
content: A day in Porty for R's first day at the co-op, featuring pizza on the beach. Then finally reunited with Tara, for a week of Taradventures.
published: 2023-07-25T19:40:32+01:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
target: 2023-edi

photos-edi-2
type: Add
content: The day after a long walk, Tara wasn't up for going anywhere. Which was fortunate, as I had meetings all day. We did manage to get to the Meadows Tap in the evening though.
published: 2023-07-28T20:52:45+01:00
summary: Amy added 17 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: edinburgh
target: 2023-edi

photos-edi-3
type: Add
content: Tara and I took the tram to Newhaven, and Tara made some new friends. We all went for a walk around Newhaven, then to Leith Market. It was periodically raining torrentially, but we managed to stop in Face Plant Food for a mac n cheese sandwich. I dropped our new friends at various different points around Edinburgh, then found myself in the neighbourhood for Prewired, where I knew a small make-a-thon was ongoing, so I dropped in to say hi. I subsequently got roped in as a judge for the next day.
published: 2023-07-29T20:58:06+01:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: hiking
tag: walkies
tag: prewired
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
target: 2023-edi

photos-edi-4
type: Add
content: Tara and I took one of our new friends up Arthur's Seat. We had lunch in BBL, then I went to Prewired to judge the make-a-thon. Tara helped.
published: 2023-07-30T20:04:52+01:00
summary: Amy added 18 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: hiking
tag: walkies
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
target: 2023-edi

photos-fife
type: Add
content: Some sun, some rain, some excellent skies.
published: 2023-07-16T22:09:06+01:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: max
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-fife-2
type: Add
content: Mornings on the beach. A couple of trips to town. Walkies with Max.
published: 2023-07-22T21:46:02+01:00
summary: Amy added 22 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-food
type: Add
content: Forager's pie (wild mushrooms and lentils) and rhubarb and custard to share with L upstairs. Courgette cupcakes with rose glaze, at the Community Kitchen.
published: 2023-07-12T14:06:06+01:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
target: madefood

photos-food-2
type: Add
content: Chanterelle pizza, courgette pakora, chanterelle and courgette stew..
published: 2023-07-23T21:35:13+01:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
target: madefood

photos-foraging
type: Add
content: A trip to the local chanterelle woods, where lots of patches were ready (including some new to us) and lots more still to come. Also loads of russulas, but very chewed up by slugs and time. A few brown birch and red cracked boletes, but only a couple worth taking home.
published: 2023-07-19T21:12:39+01:00
summary: Amy added 28 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-garden
type: Add
content: Nasturtiums are opening gloriously, including the "black" one from D. It's a gorgeous deep red. Tomatoes in the polytunnel are getting out of hand. Squash are becoming rather large. Bottled a ton of rhubarb.
published: 2023-07-02T17:26:56+01:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-garden-2
type: Add
content: Flowers, opening! And look at that cute little self-seeded poppy.
published: 2023-07-12T07:38:55+01:00
summary: Amy added 17 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-garden-3
type: Add
content: Potatoes soon! Jalapeno flowers. Harvesting gooseberries and blackcurrants.
published: 2023-07-22T21:53:48+01:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-garden-max
type: Add
content: Went to work in the garden with Max. He wanted to sit on me practically the whole time while I was shelling broad beans. Such a cutie.
published: 2023-07-09T20:23:48+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
tag: walkies
tag: max
tag: garden
target: growstuff

photos-kdy
type: Add
content: Various, Dysart and Kirkcaldy.
published: 2023-07-05T19:30:24+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-longniddry
type: Add
content: Extremely windy outing to the beach at Longniddry, for chips huddled behind the shelter of the car. With K, M, R and Lowenna. The company was nice, but the weather is, obviously and always, better in Fife.
published: 2023-07-16T20:15:10+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: fife
tag: travel
tag: lowenna
tag: walkies
tag: beach
target: 2023-edi

photos-max
type: Add
content: Max injured his foot, probably on some glass. So his camping trip was cancelled, and he spent the weekend convalescing with me instead. We kept walkies to a minimum, and lounged around a lot, which is Max's least favourite activity. He was very sweet and loving once he got used to the idea though, especially when I was re-bandaging his foot. He got really good at sitting quietly on the beach with me at dawn, and not trying to dash into the sea, managing to constrain himself to gazing intensely and longingly at it instead.
published: 2023-07-09T19:44:35+01:00
summary: Amy added 27 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: max
tag: dogsitting
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-mcr
type: Add
content: To Manchester for co-op coworking again, this time with our new operations team. A productive two days. Ate lots of good things (Frankie's toasties, Kim's Kitchen, Fred's Ale House, Desert Island Dumplings).
published: 2023-07-14T20:49:34+01:00
summary: Amy added 15 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202307-mcr/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: manchester
tag: coop
tag: coworking
tag: ods
target: 202307-mcr

photos-pics
type: Add
content: I put some pictures on the walls that have been sitting around for ages, which made me feel very accomplished.
published: 2023-07-23T21:55:08+01:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
tag: diy
target: diy

photos-pride
type: Add
content: Brunch with T at Roots & Seeds. Joined by K, M and Lowenna, for Fife Pride. On the High St, the Saturday market was blowing away as the winds got up and we had to emergency hold down some awnings just as the parade was coming round the corner. Excellent energy all day. I bumped into most people I know at some point. Hung out at the queercaldy maker fare in Century. Home for beach walkies, tea, and dozing.
published: 2023-07-01T16:56:23+01:00
summary: Amy added 15 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: pride
tag: lowenna
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise
type: Add
content: A moody dawn to end the week.
published: 2023-07-02T06:01:03+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: fife
target: 2023-fife

week-reivew-17th-
type: Article
content: Continuing to be excited about how well the changes to operational work at the co-op are going. Swam in the sea twice. Some very still days, but also windy days. Planned to go to TPAC. Made jammy biscuits at the Community Kitchen. Got chanterelles. And made pizza with them. Finished Excession. Started Fantastic Voyage. Hung out with Max. Harvested some things. Put pictures on the walls.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in reivew: 17th - 23rd July
published: 2023-07-23T22:09:18+01:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: foraging
tag: diy
tag: swimming
tag: walkies
tag: max

week-review-10th-
type: Article
content: Caught up on The Witcher. Made forager's pie and rhubarb and custard to share with neighbours, and courgette and rose cupcakes in the Community Kitchen. Coworked in Manchester. Made some tentacled sea creatures and fancy cakes. Visited J and co in Falkirk. Went on a Wennaventure to Longniddry. Good amounts of sun and rain.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 10th - 16th July
published: 2023-07-16T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: crochet
tag: beach
tag: lowenna
tag: max
tag: walkies
tag: baking
tag: manchester

week-review-24th-
type: Article
content: Spent the week in Edinburgh being looked after by Tara. Onboarded R into the co-op. Walked to Cramond Island. Lazed around. Went to Leith, made new friends. Dropped in on Prewired, and got absolutely soaked in George Sq. Climbed Arthur's Seat and judged the Prewired make-a-thon. Read Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Watched a load of Superstore.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 24th - 30th July
published: 2023-07-30T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: ods
tag: edinburgh
tag: tara
tag: dogsitting
tag: coop
tag: walkies
tag: hiking
tag: prewired

week-review-26th
type: Article
content: Braw summer sunrises. Made many oyster mushroom based things at home, and rose panna cotta at the Community Kitchen. Worked on BODS, admin, recruitment coordination. Rearranged my kitchen, to fit in more tea. Greener Kirkcaldy volunteer celebration (I got my 100 hours certificate). Went to Fife Pride. Garden catchup.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 26th June - 2nd July
published: 2023-07-02T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: ods
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: fife+pride
tag: sunrise
tag: foraging
tag: baking

week-review-3rd--
type: Article
content: Read A Prayer for the Crown-Shy. Finished Use of Weapons. Started Excession. Went to the solicitors for Co-op business. Kind of odd, being in town on a Monday. A weekend of convalescing with Max and his injured foot. Made choc chip courgette cake and rhubarb flapjack and homemade gluten-free dog treats. Found enough fairy ring champignon to have on toast. Visited the Dysart tolbooth museum. Worked in the garden, mostly harvesting broad beans and being sat on by Max.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 3rd - 9th July
published: 2023-07-09T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: foraging
tag: dysart
tag: museum
tag: max
tag: walkies
tag: dogsitting
tag: garden

photos-baking
type: Add
content: Beetroot brownies and apple crumbles at the Community Kitchen
published: 2023-08-02T19:30:17+01:00
summary: Amy added 5 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-ck
type: Add
content: Apple crumble. A phonecall from a local business asking if we'd take 12kg of defrosting raspberries. I said I'd stay late to process them into compote, how could we say no?!?
published: 2023-08-23T16:22:39+01:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-crochet
type: Add
content: Made a fuzzy seal friend with some velvety yarn I've been wondering what to do with for a while.
published: 2023-08-15T20:59:36+01:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: crochet
target: madestuff

photos-ferment
type: Add
content: Too many cucumbers, beans and tomatoes to deal with.. Ran out of vinegar... It's fermenting time.
published: 2023-08-30T16:55:21+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
target: madefood

photos-food
type: Add
content: Trying to deal with the massive harvest. Gooseberry ketchup, courgette pakoras, courgette cake, pickled gherkins with seaweed and chinese spices.
published: 2023-08-13T19:31:16+01:00
summary: Amy added 12 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
target: madefood

photos-food-2
type: Add
content: Made some dead good food this week. Curry night: aloo chard, tomato dahl, courgette pakoras. Peanut stirfry. And to conquer the harvest: many fruit crumbles, gooseberry pies, salads, fermented cucumbers/courgettes, bottled tomato and veg.
published: 2023-08-20T20:06:04+01:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
target: madefood

photos-food-3
type: Add
content: Preserved more of the tomato and runner bean harvest by bottling a tamarind bean curry. Made proper risotto for perhaps the first time ever, using chanterelle and bean stock. Crunchy french beans inside, and sauteed chanterelles on top. Super good.
published: 2023-08-23T10:08:46+01:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
target: madefood

photos-foraging
type: Add
content: Oyster mushrooms in Ravenscraig Park - just enough for dinner. A ramble after work to look for chanterelles. Found plenty, along with lots of other interesting fungi.
published: 2023-08-04T19:35:04+01:00
summary: Amy added 18 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-foraging-2
type: Add
content: R dropped off about 5kg of chanterelles for me to "deal with".
published: 2023-08-21T19:50:32+01:00
summary: Amy added 1 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-garden
type: Add
content: A "spring onion", huh.
published: 2023-08-12T22:56:04+01:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-garden-2
type: Add
content: Two days of garden catchup. Massive harvests - runner and french beans, courgettes, cucumbers, gherkins, tomatoes, rhubarb, blueberries, blackcurrants, gooseberries. New chilli plants are starting to fruit. Pulled out mustard greens and dying squash, and planted leeks.
published: 2023-08-20T14:54:12+01:00
summary: Amy added 20 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-hall
type: Add
content: Successfully removed the builtin hallway cupboards. Behind them was surprisingly not a disaster! A bit of hole filling to do, but basically ready for shelves.
published: 2023-08-29T20:13:33+01:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
tag: diy
tag: household
target: diy

photos-harvest
type: Add
content: A ton of beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, courgettes. Beyond manageable.
published: 2023-10-07T15:55:22+01:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-helensburgh
type: Add
content: A trip to Helensburgh to visit J and family. A very wet day, got soaked multiple times over. But in between managed lots of nice food and frolics.
published: 2023-08-25T19:41:55+01:00
summary: Amy added 19 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202308-scot/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: scotland
tag: helensburgh
tag: friends
target: 202308-scot

photos-home
type: Add
content: Rearranging my flat to accommodate the houseplants I've inherited. Also started tackling the hallway chaos cupboard/drawers.
published: 2023-08-13T10:43:47+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: household
target: madestuff

photos-lowenna
type: Add
content: A visit to Livingston to help K&M paint (or, as it turns out, strip wallpaper). And snuggle time with Lowenna. Who prevented me from sleeping. But is still the sweetest thing.
published: 2023-08-26T17:01:49+01:00
summary: Amy added 23 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-livingston/
tag: diy
tag: lowenna
tag: walkies
target: 2023-livingston

photos-ncl
type: Add
content: Visits with Froyja, Ash and Pika. A wander across Newcastle.. the tunnel under the river was closed but there was a replacement bus. Return via the North-South Shields ferry.
published: 2023-08-08T21:25:09+01:00
summary: Amy added 30 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202308-ncl/
tag: newcastle
tag: coop
tag: ods
target: 202308-ncl

photos-ncl-2
type: Add
content: Coworking in Newcastle with the BODS crew. I woke up at sunrise and managed to catch a glimpse of the glow through the window. So I went for a wander around the city center, across the bridges, saw the castle and the vampire rabbit. Ate tasty food at Super Natural, Snackwallah, Cantina, Pink Lane Bakery.
published: 2023-08-09T21:33:59+01:00
summary: Amy added 41 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202308-ncl/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: newcastle
tag: coop
tag: ods
target: 202308-ncl

photos-sunrise
type: Add
content: Warm mornings.
published: 2023-08-05T08:13:54+01:00
summary: Amy added 26 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise-2
type: Add
content: Cloudy pink sunrises.
published: 2023-08-13T07:52:56+01:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise-3
type: Add
content: Braw sunrises. A seagull terrorises Kirkcaldy high street.
published: 2023-08-20T17:05:51+01:00
summary: Amy added 24 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise-4
type: Add
content: Exceedingly braw..
published: 2023-08-27T19:50:20+01:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-walk
type: Add
content: Walked from Kirkcaldy to Kinghorn for an 80th birthday celebration in a field. This was after a visit to an antiques sale and the garden center with K, what a wild day!
published: 2023-08-19T17:08:16+01:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: hiking
tag: quakers
target: 2023-fife

photos-weardale
type: Add
content: Down to Newcastle to visit M. We went for a lovely 15 mile hike in Weardale. We didn't ford a river, but did climb two hills and see three waterfalls. Then ate pizza.

sometimes-people
type: Note
content: Sometimes people think it's weird that I log all of my purchases on my website, but do you you know exactly how long a 2.5kg bag of chocolate chips lasts you? I didn't think so. (It lasts me one year minus one day.)
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-08-23T09:29:36+01:00
tag: life
tag: sloph
tag: quantified+self
tag: logging

week-review-14th-
type: Article
content: Had a surprisingly positive GP experience. Swam in the sea. Made a fuzzy amigurumi seal friend. No Community Kitchen. Cups-of-tea-with-neighbours times. My sleep pattern is still a bit off, but managed some sunrises. Overworked a bit. Got on top of my todo list before taking a proper break. Very positive week though, especially running probation progress retros with some of our new people. Had an extremely wild Saturday: went to a small antiques sale, the garden centre, and an 80th birthday party in a field. Walked to Kinghorn for the latter. Two days in the garden, for harvesting, and produce cooking/preserving, featuring lots of berries. Planted leeks.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 14th - 20th August
published: 2023-08-20T23:59:59+01:00
tag: life
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: gardening
tag: crocket
tag: coop

week-review-21st-
type: Article
content: First of two weeks off. Fully off. Managed, eventually, to stoically ignore work emails. Braw sunny days. Swam in the sea. Made apple crumble and tons of raspberry compote at the Community Kitchen, and excellent bean curry and chanterelle risotto at home. Helped K&M with painting and Lowenna walkies. Visited J and co in Helensburgh. Went to A&D's wedding anniversary party. Tagged onto the last day of the Kirkcaldy Walking Festival. Tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and courgettes still going strong.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 21st - 27th August
published: 2023-08-27T23:59:59+01:00
tag: travel
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: gardening
tag: baking

week-review-31st
type: Article
content: TAG virtual face-to-face meetings. Made apple crumble and beet brownie at the Community Kitchen. Foraged oysters in Ravenscraig Park, and chanterelles. Swam in the sea. Italian N came for a visit. Went for a hike in Weardale.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 31st July - 6th August
published: 2023-08-06T23:59:59+01:00
tag: week+in+review
tag: w3ctag
tag: tag
tag: newcastle
tag: hiking
tag: foraging

week-review-7th--
type: Article
content: A small wander around Newcastle before coworking for a couple of days. Back to pink sunrises and warm days and time with friends. Started Stardust. Watched Superstore and Good Omens S2. Swam in the sea. Helped T with moving. Caught up on the garden; lots to harvest. Made a courgette cake and courgette pakoras, gooseberry ketchup and seaweed pickled gherkins. Had a major flat clear out / tidy up.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 7th - 13th August
published: 2023-08-13T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: newcastle
tag: coop
tag: gardening

budgeted-wrong
type: Note
content: I budgeted wrong and used all of my social energy up on Monday, day 1 of this 5 day conference.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-09-12T16:47:06+02:00
tag: tpac2023
tag: w3c
tag: conference

feeling-fancy
type: Note
content: Feeling fancy that my agenda for today involves lunch in London and dinner in Paris. The rest of my agenda involves spending the entire weekend on trains, to get from Fife to Sevilla for W3C TPAC. Pretty sure I'm not going to be able to fit in any meals tomorrow at all.)
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-09-09T10:05:13+01:00
tag: conference
tag: w3c
tag: tpac2023
tag: travel

first-terrible
type: Note
content: First terrible mistake of the trip: getting the time of my eurostar wrong. Realised in time to not miss it, but not in time to eat the delicious lunch I'd just ordered at Thenga which I'd been looking forward to since I woke up at 5 ;_;
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-09-09T12:27:49+01:00
tag: travel
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: tpac2023

photos-baking
type: Add
content: Bread and butter pudding at the Community Kitchen. Summer fruit jelly at home, with the leftovers from bottling.
published: 2023-09-06T17:00:27+01:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-bottling
type: Add
content: Bottled the absurd amount of produce from the garden. Tomatoes, courgette. The blackcurrants have been waiting in the freezer for the apples - made gallons of compote.
published: 2023-09-30T18:59:08+01:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
tag: harvest
target: madefood

photos-cogm
type: Add
content: A few days in Birmingham with the co-operators. Good food, good people. More work to do, always work to do.
published: 2023-09-29T21:14:08+00:00
summary: Amy added 19 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202309-bhm/
tag: cogm
tag: coop
tag: odsc
tag: birmingham
target: 202309-bhm

photos-diy
type: Add
content: Looking for hallway decor inspiration in Rejects. Patching up the inside of the cupboards with plaster and R's help.
published: 2023-09-01T20:18:17+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
tag: diy
target: diy

photos-es
type: Add
content: Five days in Sevilla for TPAC. Reconnecting with old friends and colleagues, and making new ones. I didn't do much touristing, but did manage to find decent vegan tapas. An exhausting but worthwhile week.
published: 2023-09-15T16:55:33+02:00
summary: Amy added 55 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202309-es/
tag: travel
tag: tpac2023
tag: spain
tag: tag
tag: w3ctag
tag: socialwg
tag: socialcg
tag: swicg
tag: social+web
tag: w3c
tag: conference
target: 202309-es

photos-es-fr
type: Add
content: Despite the hiccup in Gibraltar, I managed to get to Malaga in time for the 7 hour train to Barcelona. This ran late, quickly eating up 25 of the 31 minutes I had to catch the last train to Cardedeu. Barcelona Sants is huge, and I had no idea where to go; Renfe staff were no help at all. I did a bunch of research on the station to work out where the regional trains were likely to be, and decided I get a taxi to Cardedeu rather than sleep in the station or walk into town for a very expensive hostel. Off the train, dodging slow pullers of suitcases, I saw no signs to the regional trains, and had to pause to ask someone. I sprinted in the direction pointed, to be met by a wall of ticket barriers, too robust to climb over or squeeze through. My interrail pass never opens barriers, and there were no staff in sight. Fortunately a nice lady let me tailgate behind her. I continued to run, unable to see the train I was expecting on a screen, but aware it was an R2 (but there are 3 R2 lines, all going to different places, and I didn't know the end destination). I saw a train that was a candidate, ran down the wrong stairs, back up again, down the right stairs, determined it was my train as it began to pull away.... I kept running in desperation, onto the platform... and it stopped. And opened the doors. Eternal thanks to that driver, and thank goodness this thing is run by human beings and not computers. So I made it to Cardedeu to stay with B, very late, and woke up E. But it was wonderful to see B. The next day we had coffee, walked around the town, and got tasty food from a market stall. And then I set off again. Back to Sants for a train to Latour de Carol. This train was slow, winding through beautiful mountains. A busker in the carriage made it feel like a dream. The journey reminded me of my 2013 interrail through Austria. The night train to Paris was waiting, and I found my bunk straight away. Another great train sleep. Another walk across Paris, this time in torrenti…
published: 2023-09-22T20:34:23+01:00
summary: Amy added 40 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202309-es/
tag: travel
tag: train
tag: spain
tag: france
tag: interrail
tag: friend
tag: eurostar
target: 202309-es

photos-food
type: Add
content: Chocolate chip raspberry muffins at the Community Kitchen. Seitan pepperoni for pizza. Acquired some vegan cheese, so had some exciting toasted wraps on my new grill pan. Had a handful of raspberries and blueberries from the garden, so I put them in scones. Processed a load of other berries into mixed fruit compote.
published: 2023-09-01T16:57:04+01:00
summary: Amy added 18 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-foraging
type: Add
content: Prince coming up in Ravenscraig Park, but the slugs got them before I could. A little flush of oysters in the oyster woods, in defiance of dryness and heatweave.
published: 2023-09-06T15:52:49+01:00
summary: Amy added 3 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
target: 2023-foraging

photos-fr
type: Add
content: The journey to TPAC begins. An early train from Edinburgh to London, Eurostar to Paris, then an afternoon of wandering around Paris in the scorching sun. Cake at Cloud Cakes, and dinner and supplies from Land & Monkeys. I had to walk from Nord to Austerlitz station, but had many hours to do it in. I wandered along the Seine, and found a sculpture park, and platforms by the water with people dancing. After dark I waited in Austerlitz, for the night train to Toulouse. The night train was way more comfortable than I expected. The bed was comfy, the temperature in the cabin was perfect, my cabinmates were silent, and the train sounds were very soothing. Better night's sleep than I'd have had in a hotel in Toulouse, if I'd taken a fast train earlier. Definitely recommend. From Toulouse I took a local train to Narbonne, and then from Narbonne the long distance Renfe train to Madrid. I'd hoped to reserve a seat on the next available train from Madrid to Seville and arrive at a reasonable time, but after being passed between three different Renfe ticket offices (after taking a number and waiting in line each time) I was told that the next available train wasn't until 8pm. So I waited for three hours, and arrived after midnight. At least I made it.
published: 2023-09-10T21:28:52+02:00
summary: Amy added 40 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202309-es/
tag: travel
tag: tpac2023
tag: train
tag: interrail
tag: eurostar
tag: france
tag: spain
target: 202309-es

photos-gibraltar
type: Add
content: The ferry from Tanger to Tarifa arrived quite late. In my wisdom, I decided to get the FRS bus from Tarifa to Algeciras because it's included with the ferry ticket... but that left very late too. Then I got lost in Algeciras (which as a whole did not leave a good impression on me) between the port and the bus station, and missed two buses to La Linea, setting be back even further. The bus I did finally catch from Algeciras was fast, and the walk from the bus station at La Linea to the border is short and straightforward. There were no crowds or lines. When I got to the hostel I had to wait around for someone to arrive to let me in. So my whole prospective afternoon in Gibraltar was gone, alas. I went for a wander, and stopped for motivational ice cream. I was trying to work out whether I should take the cable car to the top of the Rock (expensive) and walk down (dark soon?), or if I should just walk up in the morning (is it accessible? How long would it take?). Taxi drivers trying to sell tours to the top insisted that walking up was impossible, which if anything made me more determined to try it. I did agree with them that the cable car pricing is extortionate, however. And then it's another £20 on top of that to get into the nature reserve. Hmm. I approached the botanical gardens, which were open until sunset, but was accosted by a taxi driver trying to fill a car he already had a couple of takers for. In the moment, still undecided about my itinerary and wanting to make best use of my very limited time, I conceded, and joined a French couple on the ride to the top (for 25eur). I'm glad I did. The taxi driver (Ryan) was lovely and related a little bit of history but more day-to-day life and economics of Gibraltar, all of which is new and interesting to me. He introduced us to some macaque friends, and we talked about Scotland as well. The ride took about an hour, and gave me a good preview of the top and convinced me that it was definitely climbable at sunrise the…
published: 2023-09-19T23:40:49+02:00
summary: Amy added 71 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202309-es/
tag: travel
tag: gibraltar
tag: tourism
target: 202309-es

photos-gibraltar-2
type: Add
content: I woke up early and climbed the Rock before sunrise. It was very doable! I went via the Moorish castle, and was high up on the west side by sunrise, but not over the top. Then I wound my way through the nature reserve, detouring around paths that looked interesting, and avoiding big roads, not that there was any traffic. I found the suspension bridge, but didn't cross it due to intimidating macaques whom I didn't not want to jump on my head over an enormous drop. The day got hotter and I met a few runners and nature reserve staff. There are some steep steps running straight down the middle in one area, linking various horizontal tracks together. Generally all of the tracks are very accessible, most are for vehicles. My route down was via the mediterranean steps, which was absolutely gorgeous. Over the east side of the Rock, it was suddenly quiet. The steps were scrambly and wild, and there were lots of caves. I got back down later than expected, and couldn't take a bus back to the town center because they didn't take card or give change! So I walked, fast, in time to check out from the hostel. I wanted brunch and a nice sit down at a tea shop, but decided realistically I needed to march straight back over the border to La Linea bus station. It's a good job I did, because I discovered that the bus I wanted to get to Malaga was full. Somehow not at all panicked, I jumped on the next bus back to Algeciras, and texted K to help me buy a ticket for the next Algeciras-Malaga bus in the meantime, in case that was full by the time I got there. Phew.

photos-harvest
type: Add
content: More beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, courgette... all I'm eating. Nice little escapees from my footpath garden in the local area..
published: 2023-09-03T16:15:22+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-harvest-2
type: Add
content: Back to the harvest...
published: 2023-09-30T19:35:03+01:00
summary: Amy added 6 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-home
type: Add
content: Home sweet home.
published: 2023-09-24T20:51:39+00:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: gardening
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-sky
type: Add
content: Big sun, big moon.
published: 2023-09-03T19:53:12+01:00
summary: Amy added 30 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: sunset
tag: moon
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise
type: Add
content: Sunrises, Max time.
published: 2023-09-08T20:34:56+00:00
summary: Amy added 46 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: walkies
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-tanger
type: Add
content: Arrived in Tanger at lunchtime. Got lost for an hour looking for my hostel in the old town. This got decreasingly fun as it was very hot and I was carrying my backpack, GPS wasn't working and I went around in many circles. Eventually I discovered the hostel was at the end of a street that was in the process of being dug up and I'd walked past it several times already. Feeling a bit claustrophobic in the old town, I had lunch (tagine) on the promenade, then wandered along to the beach, and into the main part of the city. Tanger is a lot bigger than I expected. I caught a tour bus outside the train station, and stayed on it for a ride out along the coast in the evening. I saw the sunset near Cap Spartel lighthouse, and stuck my head in Hercules' cave, which was packed full of tourists and junk. Dinner was couscous at a nice local-feeling-but-actually-had-lots-of-tourists-in restaurant (Ahlan) near the Grande Mosque. Hostel Riad is lovely.

photos-tanger-2
type: Add
content: For a nice change of pace, it rained pretty heavily all day in Tanger. I visited the castle museum (mostly outside, so wet, and very small), wandered around Place 9 Avril between showers. Stopped for bissara at a place called bissara which only serves bissara after walking round the block several times to work up to it. It was a tiny very local place, so I observed for a while to see what the sitting/ordered etiquette seemed to be, and had to wait for a table to free up as well. Despite initial anxiety, I managed to eat bissara (white bean breakfast soup) and bread and Moroccan tea and that all filled me up for the entire day afterwards. For about £1. I enjoyed the American Legation Museum, and learnt a lot of history I didn't know. I was very inspired by the Ibn Battouta museum, which is well worth the visit. I got on the tour bus when I spotted it with the ticket I already had, and rode it for most of the route despite wet seats. Jumped off at Cafe Hafa for coffee and managed not to get rained on too much. Wandered until I found the Roman ruins, which was mostly just a really good viewpoint where lots of people were taking selfies. Managed to catch the bus back into town. Rain was tapering off by the evening, so I went for a wander in the old town, and decided to have dinner based on where I happened to pop out. This took me to a Syrian place called Abou Tayssir which was incredible, especially the kibbeh. And lovely vibes.

photos-tanger-3
type: Add
content: I went to the beach to catch the sunrise, but apparently this is a weird thing to do as lots of people were asking where I was going and I got weird looks when I sat down. I returned to the hostel for breakfast, and there I met two lovely people who became my friends and travel companions that day. We wandered in the old town, then caught the tour bus to Cap Spartel. This time we went into the grounds and museum which had lots of interesting lighthouse and historical information (albeit all in French). There were lovely gardens, and extremely expensive juice. We walked to the beach and the rock of Hercules, before hopping on the tour bus back. Back in town, we went straight to Abou Tayssir and ordered everything vegan on the menu between us and had a fantastic time. Socialised some more in the hostel with lots of Germans, before the three of us headed out again for tea in the old town, and watched the world go by. Meeting these two made a huge difference to my trip, and helped me to find a new perspective on Tanger!
published: 2023-09-18T22:15:57+01:00
summary: Amy added 75 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202309-es/
tag: food

photos-tanger-4
type: Add
content: A relaxing final morning in Tanger. I had considered leaving much earlier, but my new friends kept me longer. We ate bissara, went to the market, and drank lots of tea in a quiet courtyard. A helped R with Arabic writing, and they both added something to a postcard to my Mum. I finally boarded the ferry back to Spain. It departed quite late.
published: 2023-09-19T12:30:00+01:00
summary: Amy added 38 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202309-es/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: travel
tag: morocco
tag: tanger
tag: beach
tag: ferry
tag: tourism
target: 202309-es

photos-tara
type: Add
content: A night in Edinburgh, to catch the early train to London. Snuggled with my darling Tara.
published: 2023-09-08T18:36:25+01:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: travel
tag: tara
tag: edinburgh
target: 2023-edi

photos-tarifa
type: Add
content: An evening bus from Sevilla to Tarifa; food and a wander around the small old town and onto a pitch black beach. As I approached the sea and heard the crashing of the waves, I almost cried. I can't believe how much I missed the sea after a week inland! The next day I went to see the same places again in daylight, and swam in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Tarifa is lovely, I'd come here again. Then I caught a ferry to Tanger.
published: 2023-09-16T13:25:06+02:00
summary: Amy added 48 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202309-es/
tag: travel
tag: spain
tag: tarifa
tag: ferry
tag: beach
target: 202309-es

social-web
type: Article
content: The Social Web CG meeting featured old faces and new. I hadn't looked at the agenda beforehand, and Evan seemed keen to focus on practical things and make it a working meeting. I think it's tricky to balance this at TPAC, where many curious observers without necessarily deep background sit in, and it's harder for the usual community members to attend (remote is an option, and technically anyone could just dial in, but it's theoretically gated behind a registration, which again, has an option to ask for the fee to be waived, but does imply that most people should have a paid ticket). It turned out that the audio in the room was not great too, so remote participants had trouble taking part. I minuted it here. Some of the interactions gave me a tight-chested panicky feeling, a throwback to five or more years ago when I was deeply involved in this space, emotionally invested, and having a hard time dealing with all of the conflict. Time constraints aside, I'm hesitant to get more than peripherally involved again for this reason, though I do want to see the work progress. Thoughts about rechartering the Social WG have been floating around for a while, and we had the first minuted conversation about it. There is a lot of enthusiasm for it from the W3C side - it would be a shame to lose the momentum currently in the fediverse, when we could use it to fix up at least the ActivityPub standard. Meanwhile there's a diversity of projects and spinoffs in a community that's so large I can't keep up, and people there are naturally worried about being excluded. I think this is a combination of people who weren't around for the first time, and see it as an exclusive group that only reps of large companies can be involved with, along with people who were there for the first time round and had some bad experiences with the difficult group dynamics, and are not keen to see that repeated. Personally, I'm not opposed to a WG rechartering, but I'm not strongly advocating for it either. I …
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Social Web Incubator Community Group - face-to-face meeting at TPAC 2023
published: 2023-09-24T13:53:00+01:00
tag: web+standards
tag: activitystreams
tag: activitypub
tag: indieweb
tag: decentralisation
tag: social+web
tag: socialcg
tag: w3ctpac
tag: w3c
tag: tpac2023

sound-news
type: Note
content: The sound of The News is so distinctive (at least UK TV and radio but I think it's pretty universal) and after having avoided it diligently for some years now whenever I hear it in passing I get such a visceral horror reaction.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-09-24T22:24:44+01:00
tag: life

stuck-madrid
type: Note
content: Stuck in Madrid for three hours longer than planned/ideal. I couldn't make the reservation that needs to go with the interrail pass for the Madrid-Sevilla train except in-person (myself - tried to send agents in advance, no go) at the station. After standing in line at two different renfe ticket offices before being told "not this ticket office" I waited for 30 minutes at the third to be told the last seat on the 5pm train went to the person in line before me. I blame the massiveness of Madrid station. So my only next option was first class on the 1958, which gets me in way past my bed time. Alas. At least first class was only 3eur extra. And I have discovered that there are free toilets after the baggage security check. The WiFi at Rodilla cafe near platform 15 works, and the nice person at Rodilla filled my water bottle with ice cold water for me.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-09-10T19:16:44+02:00
tag: travel
tag: w3ctpac
tag: tpac
tag: madrid
tag: spain

tpac-2023
type: Article
content: I was on the fence about attending TPAC right from when the idea first entered my head, to the journey there. I'm glad I went though. It was a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and colleagues from the web standards world, and to meet some wonderful new people as well. The covid precautions taken by the organisers reassured me a lot. It was a four to five hundred person conference, with attendees from all over the world. In spite of relaxed standards taken across most of the rest of the world at this point, we stayed masked, ate outside, and they handed out as many tests as people needed to encourage testing every day. I know a few people who tested positive early on, and attended remotely from their hotel rooms; I hope everyone was so considerate. Last I heard there were a handful of cases reported, and a week later I've avoided it. While wearing masks during a heatwave in Spain for five days running was uncomfortable, I'm glad these were the requirements and I think it was worthwhile. I probably wouldn't have attended without this. The food was rubbish though; apparently consistently for everyone, not only the vegans :) The first two days were the most exhausting, and I used up pretty much all of my energy upfront. I attended the Social CG meeting. I went to the AC meeting, and sat on stage for a TAG panel. I was anxious about this the whole time, as I had carefully arranged my life to avoid public speaking since I left academia, and don't do well thinking on the spot in front of a crowd. Fortunately none of the questions were about anything I had a strong opinion on, so nobody was expecting to hear from me in particular. I didn't attend many breakouts as I had a few co-op meetings to fit in. I did join the Privacy Task Force breakout, which was a completely packed room, and a surprisingly (sorry, perhaps I'm too cynical) positive discussion. Seems like we're on a good track with the Privacy Principles (though much editorial work remains that I'm on th…
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: TPAC 2023
published: 2023-09-24T21:52:48+01:00
tag: spain
tag: vcwg
tag: didwg
tag: decentralisation
tag: web+standards
tag: w3ctag
tag: tag
tag: w3c
tag: w3ctpac
tag: tpac2023
tag: conference
tag: travel

unexpectedly
type: Note
content: Unexpectedly amazing sleep on the Paris to Toulouse night train. Probably because I tired myself out stomping randomly around Paris all afternoon. But comfortable couchette, silent co-passengers, dark berth, reasonable AC and soothing train noises certainly helped!
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-09-10T11:00:23+02:00
tag: travel
tag: tpac2023
tag: night+train
tag: france

week-review-11th-
type: Article
content: Went to W3C TPAC onseveral trains. Didn't do much touristing in Sevilla. Fit Co-op work in the gaps. Headed to Tarifa, then on to Tangier. Spent a rainy day of touristing in Tangier.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 11th - 17th September
published: 2023-09-17T23:59:59+02:00
tag: travel
tag: week+in+review
tag: spain
tag: tpac2023
tag: w3c
tag: tag
tag: tourism
tag: morocco

week-review-18th-
type: Article
content: Had a lovely day of touristing in Tanger with new friends followed by a restful morning before the ferry back to Spain and buses onwards to Gibraltar. Climbed the Rock of Gibraltar at sunrise. Then got back on buses and trains, to Barcelona then Cardedeu to see B. Another one and a half days of trains, a brief stop by the Prewired 10 year anniversary celebration, and home. Finished A Fire Upon The Deep. Harvested the garden.. Swam in the sea. Tried to catch up on life.. Dad and Ruth came.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 18th - 24th September
published: 2023-09-24T23:59:59+01:00
tag: travel
tag: life
tag: week+in+review
tag: trains
tag: spain
tag: morocco
tag: tourism
tag: gardening
tag: family

week-review-28th
type: Article
content: Week two off work. Dramatic skies. A trip to Linlithgow market, and theatre and dinner in Glasgow. Removed the builtin hallway cupboards, finally, but the person who asked for them changed their mind after actually bothering to measure their space, so now they're taking up space in the stairwell >:( R helped me to plaster the gaps. Harvested... and resorted to fermenting everything. Made chocolate raspberry cakes at the Community Kitchen; seitan pepperoni at home for pizza; raspberry and blueberry scones; a ton of summer fruit compote.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 28th August - 3rd September
published: 2023-09-03T23:59:59+01:00
tag: travel
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: sunrise
tag: fife
tag: glasgow
tag: baking
tag: diy

week-review-4th--
type: Article
content: A few oysters but no ceps yet. Made bread and butter pudding at the Community Kitchen, and fruit jelly at home. Braw sunrises and walkies with Max. Headed Edinburgh to stay with Tara for the beginning of my trip to Spain for TPAC.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 4th - 10th September
published: 2023-09-10T23:59:59+01:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: foraging
tag: walkies
tag: tara
tag: edinburgh
tag: sunrise

being-lesser-two
type: Article
content: Incremental improvements to the status quo: good. Incremental improvements to the status quo which further entrench a fundamentally harmful pattern: bad. We all (well most of us, I'm an optimist if a despairing one) want to make the world a better place, and perfect is the enemy of the good and all that, but sometimes I think that people get too caught up in a narrow problem space and forget to step back and look at the big picture from time to time. If you're making iterative improvements to something that is systematically corrupt, flawed at its core, or downright evil you're not helping as much as you want to believe you are. If you find yourself saying that look, you know it's not ideal, you acknowledge the harms, but at least it's not as bad as this other thing (that your thing may or may not be replacing, but is likely just supplementing, realistically), take a break, then spend that all that energy and enthusiasm and goodwill and smarts to do something that is not actively harmful or even actively beneficial instead of slightly less actively harmful.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Being The Lesser Of Two Evils Is Not Good Enough
published: 2023-10-09T19:23:28+01:00
tag: life

new-world-idea
type: Note
content: I had a new world idea a little while ago, and recently I've started to discover some stories in it too. I'm anxious about starting something new for nanowrimo when I have uh several unfinished novels sitting around, but...
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-10-04T09:15:19+01:00
tag: nanowrimo
tag: awaiting
tag: preptober
tag: writing
tag: a+seed+once+sown

photos-apples
type: Add
content: Picked lots of apples from the community orchards, chopped, pulped, pressed, bottled. A year's supply of apple juice.
published: 2023-10-06T18:27:13+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
target: 2023-foraging

photos-beach
type: Add
content: Exploring the post-storm beach. Some stunning skies.
published: 2023-10-11T20:01:44+01:00
summary: Amy added 23 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: walkies
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-cupboard
type: Add
content: Finally finished filling and sanding and painting the nooks in my hallway following the built-in cupboard removal. I mixed purple and green paints leftover from the bedrooms to make kind of a darker more moody purple, managed to not just end up with grey or brown. I like how the dark colours and lack of light in the nook makes the ceiling invisible/indefinite. R helped me make shelves from a stack of decking wood that has been sitting around in his shed for years. Just cleaned it up and cut to size, no finishing.
published: 2023-10-23T19:10:52+00:00
summary: Amy added 18 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
tag: household
tag: painting
tag: diy
target: diy

photos-edb
type: Add
content: Two trips to Edinburgh in one week. Socialising with colleagues at Paradise Palms. Then coworking in Leith (not pictured). What is pictured is lunch and lovely art at Face Plant foods.
published: 2023-10-26T18:44:52+01:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: edinburgh
tag: cooplife
target: 2023-edi

photos-fife
type: Add
published: 2023-10-08T21:40:12+01:00
summary: Amy added 31 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: max
tag: walkies
tag: beach
tag: surnrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-fife-2
type: Add
content: You can't tell from these, but it rained a lot this week. My windows leaked.
published: 2023-10-12T08:42:46+01:00
summary: Amy added 27 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: walkies
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-food
type: Add
content: Apple cake at the Community Kitchen, and apple and pear upside down cake at home. Turned a haul of cemetery agricus into mushroom rice. Made a good lasagne using veg from the garden, and fermented more tomatoes and beans.
published: 2023-10-08T19:09:33+01:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
target: madefood

photos-food-2
type: Add
content: Made peach cobbler at the Community Kitchen (and hear later it was a big hit!). An excellent lasagne at home with tomato/lentil/chanterelle sauce, and entire layers of ceps because we finally found enough to be extravagant. Plus a rather fantastic apple pie with a super simple shortbread crust (was craving shortbread, and had so many apples to use up... and it was way faster than pastry. Will make again!).
published: 2023-10-16T21:23:37+01:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-food-3
type: Add
content: Made many mushroom pies with ceps and cloud agarics and chestnuts, most went in the freezer. Used my new silicon bundt tray to make a very fancy cake. I started with an orange polenta cake recipe, and substituted almost every ingredient (including orange - with lemon and lime, and polenta - with maize). It was still gluten free and vegan and delicious, and looked pretty too.
published: 2023-10-22T19:45:52+00:00
summary: Amy added 17 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: baking
tag: cake
tag: vegan
tag: food
tag: foraging
target: madefood

photos-food-4
type: Add
content: Fancy pear and almond tart, and beet brownie at the Community Kitchen. Chanterelles in dahl (criminal right, but I've had so many chanterelles..), with inkcaps on top.
published: 2023-10-25T19:55:24+00:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-foraging
type: Add
content: Went for more parasols. Also to the chanterelle woods for chanterelles and a few boletes.
published: 2023-10-11T20:13:40+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
target: 2023-foraging

photos-foraging-2
type: Add
content: Many more chanterelles, and a decent showing of ceps in the chanterelle wood (they're so late!) but still not anything like last year. Also lots of really good condition fly agaric... "may cause gastric upset"... I risked it, they were delicious!
published: 2023-10-18T20:20:46+00:00
summary: Amy added 51 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
target: 2023-foraging

photos-foraging-3
type: Add
content: Finally it's shaggy inkcaps time! My joint favourite with chicken of the woods, depending on what mood I'm in. The tree in Ravenscraig Park where I found lots last year did not fail to disappoint again, with several flushes. Blewits have started too.
published: 2023-10-25T20:26:06+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
target: 2023-foraging

photos-fruit
type: Add
content: Took the compote that wouldn't fit in the jars, spread it out on sheets in the dryer. It dried out perfectly into a sticky-but-not-too-sticky fruit leather, as hoped, which we can roll up and store indefinitely!
published: 2023-10-06T19:07:31+01:00
summary: Amy added 5 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
target: madefood

photos-ldn
type: Add
content: One night and one day in London for coop work. Fancy Mildred's dinner with TR.
published: 2023-10-13T16:48:08+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: london
tag: friend
tag: coop
tag: work
target: 2023-fife

photos-livingston-glasgow
type: Add
content: A trip to Linlithgow market, mainly to eat delicious food from The Tiffin, but also to enjoy the lovely weather by the lake. Lowenna turned up eventually, but not long before I had to leave. On to Glasgow to see The Ocean at the End of the Lane in the theatre (my first ever theatre trip!) and then a magnificent fancy dinner with F and M.
published: 2023-09-02T19:43:53+01:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/202308-scot/
tag: leisure
tag: linlithgow
tag: glasgow
tag: the+tiffin
tag: scotland
tag: travel
tag: vegan
tag: food
target: 202308-scot

photos-mole
type: Add
content: Tried my hand at chocolate mole because I had this garlic/chilli chocolate cs had sent me from Tallinn ages ago which is basically too foul to just eat. I grilled bread, chillis, tomatoes, garlic and onion, then blended them together and strained them into a saucepan. I melted the awful chocolate in and it made a nice thick glossy sauce. Served with chicken of the woods from the freezer and mixed beans. It was delicious, but not spicy in the end despite the amount of chilli. Bottled the left for future use, it should keep for a while in the fridge.
published: 2023-10-09T19:16:35+01:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
target: madefood

photos-parasols
type: Add
content: Went for a rainy walk in Ravenscraig park and found several times more enormous shaggy parasols than last year, and in more locations too! Some were old and wormy, but many were great. Also puffballs and many cute unidentified wee things. And a stinkhorn!
published: 2023-10-08T20:09:24+00:00
summary: Amy added 30 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
target: 2023-foraging

photos-puffballs
type: Add
content: Grabbed some puffballs from the park on the way into the community kitchen, and did an ad-hoc puffball ID and cooking demo for the volunteers. Battered and deep fried, of course.
published: 2023-10-04T18:29:37+01:00
summary: Amy added 3 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
target: 2023-foraging

photos-s-queensferry
type: Add
content: I met T in town, and we drove to North Queensferry, then walked over the bridge to South Queensferry. I've always wanted to walk around South Queensferry and somehow never managed to; it's very charming. We had a mid-afternoon meal in a pub, then walked back.
published: 2023-10-16T18:57:49+01:00
summary: Amy added 12 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: friend
target: 2023-fife

photos-storm
type: Add
content: After storm babet battered us for a few days, the beach was entirelly remodelled. The bank next to my steps was washed away, as well as all along the beach, we lost a few meters. Rocks had been moved to such an extent that the drop from the bottom step was nearly two meters down, instead of the small hop it had been. The tide never normally gets that high, so we don't hold much hope of the sea putting the rocks back. Neighbours and I started moving enough to make the steps accessible again.
published: 2023-10-21T16:52:06+01:00
summary: Amy added 42 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: storm
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-sunrise
type: Add
content: A new cat appeared on the steps by the garden. It seemed very lost. Some local kids took it upon themselves to visit, feed and cuddle it every day, until its home was found. Heartwarming.
published: 2023-10-01T20:54:26+01:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: cat
target: 2023-fife

photos-surf
type: Add
content: The storm was over, but the waves were still far bigger than normally, so R wanted to surf. I had to hold onto Max and continually tell him to stay as we watched from the beach. He cried the whole time, poor bean. I'm never sure if, when he's seeing a human in the sea, he's upset because he wants to rescue them or because he's missing out on the excitement.
published: 2023-10-21T16:59:31+01:00
summary: Amy added 36 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: max
tag: sea
target: 2023-fife

photos-walkies
type: Add
content: Garden catchup. Lowenna visit for beach walkies.
published: 2023-10-15T16:49:57+01:00
summary: Amy added 40 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: lowenna
tag: max
tag: garden
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-walkies-2
type: Add
published: 2023-10-29T18:03:19+00:00
summary: Amy added 36 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

spent-two-hours
type: Note
content: Spent two hours with a giant flipchart and markers to prep for nanowrimo. Started with a vague idea and a blank page, and now I have 3 MCs, 3 parallel but interconnected stories, a fleshed out world, some meaningful (to me) themes, and a plot twist. No longer terrified of starting yet another project, pretty excited in fact.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-10-08T11:06:59+01:00
tag: nanowrimo
tag: preptober
tag: awaiting
tag: a+seed+once+sown

week-review-16th-
type: Article
content: Adventure over the bridge to South Queensferry with T. Went to the Greener Kirkcaldy volunteer harvest celebration. Went out for more chanterelles and a decen haul of ceps and cloudy agaric. Storm babet hit the east coast of Scotland hard. Continuous rain, enormous waves, and no public transport for several days. The beach has been entirely remodelled. Finished painting my hallway cupboard nook, and made shelves for it. Held onto Max while R went to surf the post-storm waves. Made many pies and an orange polenta bundt cake. Some astonishing post-storm skies.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 16th - 22nd October
published: 2023-10-22T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: walkies
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: storm

week-review-23rd-
type: Article
content: This month has flown by. Worked pretty solidly this week. Went to Edinburgh twice, once to socialise with colleagues and once to work. Made pear and almond tart, and beetroot brownies at the Community Kitchen. Foraged lots of inkcaps. Hallway shelves started going up. Nice walkies with Max. Waves pounded the coast again, but not as bad as before.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 23rd - 29th October
published: 2023-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: walkies
tag: max
tag: edinburgh

week-review-25th
type: Article
content: Most of the week in Birmingham, for the coop CoGM and OGM. Which went well, but was exhausting, and obviously yielded/highlighted more work to do. Back for harvest and bottling. Finished Dying of the Light. More harvest. Sunrises. Swam in the sea.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 25th September - 1st October
published: 2023-10-01T23:59:59+01:00
tag: travel
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: cogm
tag: coop
tag: odsc
tag: birmingham
tag: sunrise
tag: fife
tag: gardening

week-review-2nd--
type: Article
content: It's getting colder. Supposedly back down to 3 days a week now, but I'm still feeling entirely overwhelmed by co-op stuff. All of the W3C drama in the background is passing me by. I just can't. I'm thankful for the sea. Had a new novel idea. Maybe for nanowrimo. Finished Whisperer in Darkness (finally). Started Feersum Enjinns. Watched a lot of Ted Lasso. Plodding through Foundation (it's alright but doesn't make me want to watch lots. That's probably a good thing.) Started Ashoka. Watched The Little Mermaid (the newest one). Swam in the sea twice. Tried my hand at chocolate mole. Made apple cake and did a puffball mushroom demo at the Community Kitchen. Successful fruit leather experiment. Went apple picking and spent several hours processing them into juice. Rainy forage for parasols.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 2nd - 8th October
published: 2023-10-08T23:59:59+01:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: max
tag: walkies
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: foraging
tag: w3c

week-review-9th--
type: Article
content: Lots of rain. My windows leaked. Though you can't tell from this week's photos. Flying visit from Dave. Another soggy forage for parasols and chanterelles, a few boletes. Made peach cobbler at the Community Kitchen and rather fantastic cep and chanterelle lasagne, and apple shortbread pie at home. Went to my first meeting of the local Community Council. Managed not to volunteer for anything. Went to London for a day of BODS coworking. Had dinner in Mildred's with TR. Garden catchup, tomatoes and beans. Beach walkies with Lowenna.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 9th - 15th October
published: 2023-10-15T23:59:59+01:00
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: london
tag: garden
tag: walkies
tag: lowenna
tag: max

dont-think-im
type: Note
content: I don't think I'm getting to 50k (I might if I say up all night, I'm not far off! Tempting, but I have tons of stuff to do for work tomorrow and I'm already knackered) but if I can write the actual final scene I'll be very pleased with myself. I never manage to write the endings even when I know how they go. This one is made up of three distinct stories so I've already written two 'endings' this month which is frankly the achievement of a lifetime.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-11-29T19:02:47+00:00
tag: life
tag: nanowrimo
tag: amwriting
tag: a+seed+once+sown

ending-6k-today
type: Note
content: Ending my 6k today challenge with 3,585 words, a loaf of homemade bread, an excessively elaborate cake, enough curry for the week, a bit of housework, two paintings of kirkcaldy from the second hand shop, a nice lunch out, and picked up a library book. Passed last year's final total, so pretty happy with that.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-11-25T23:06:38+00:00
tag: life
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: nanowrimo
tag: amwriting
tag: a+seed+once+sown

good-morning
type: Note
content: Good morning, it's raining, it's the first of November, and I'm immediately on a nanowrimo-related wikiventure.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-11-01T07:50:11+00:00
tag: nanowrimo
tag: amwriting
tag: a+seed+once+sown

im-going-write
type: Note
content: I'm going to write 6000 words today, so help me.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-11-25T09:21:58+00:00
tag: life
tag: nanowrimo
tag: amwriting
tag: a+seed+once+sown

im-up-50151-words
type: Note
content: I'm up to 50,151 words and there's a whole 20 minutes of the day left. I still haven't written the fucking ending, but I've sure as hell built up to it...
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-11-30T23:40:58+00:00
tag: life
tag: nanowrimo
tag: amwriting
tag: aseedoncesown

morning-went
type: Note
content: This morning I went on a nanowrimo related wikiventure about different types of galaxy then had a small existential meltdown about the scale of our universe. In case anyone was wondering how my writing is going.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-11-21T18:24:38+00:00
tag: life
tag: nanowrimo
tag: amwriting
tag: existential+crisis

photos-cake
type: Add
content: Due to being behind on my NaNoWriMo wordcount I had a pressing need to find out if jelly made an acceptable sponge cake filling, and also to decorate a two layer cake in elaborate buttercream frosting. My first mistake was not skimming the domed top from one of the layers. My second mistake was to use the layer that had already split as the top layer instead of the bottom. My third, was not mixing the buttercream thick enough. My fourth was not mixing the new buttercream thin enough. My fifth was not doing a crumb layer of buttercream before the top coat. And overall I should not be trying to frost cakes late at night. It looked like it'd been dropped, but it tasted good. I can confirm, jelly is an acceptable sponge cake filling.
published: 2023-11-26T17:38:30+00:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-cake-2
type: Add
content: The buttercream lessons of last week paid off, and I successfully frosted the Community Kitchen rose and orange sponge. Also made rose and almond jelly/panna cotta puddings... The rose water from the summer really needed to be used up.
published: 2023-11-29T17:41:41+00:00
summary: Amy added 16 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-crochet
type: Add
content: Made some plant hangers to donate to the Kirkcaldy festive giving market (along with pots and tradescantia).
published: 2023-11-30T09:02:32+00:00
summary: Amy added 14 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: crochet
target: madestuff

photos-edb
type: Add
content: An afternoon in Edinburgh for the Lighthouse Radical Book Fair and some talks on climate stuff. Dinner afterwards with N in Soul Vegan.
published: 2023-11-11T17:44:45+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: vegan
tag: gardening
tag: edinburgh
target: 2023-edi

photos-edb-2
type: Add
content: A couple of days of coworking in Leith, and a night with Lowenna. Ate nice lunches at Sly Fox and the Leith community garden cafe, and a mindblowing lime pasta at Nova Pizza. Nice to see coop colleagues.
published: 2023-11-14T18:47:54+00:00
summary: Amy added 13 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: lowenna
tag: coop
tag: edinburgh
tag: ods
tag: cooplife
target: 2023-edi

photos-fife
type: Add
content: Against all the odds, high tides and big waves this week restored the beach to more or less how it had been pre-babet. Obviously the bank that washed away was never coming back, but the steps down to the beach are accessible again! Dave and H came back briefly on their way home from China, leaving a trail of teas and tiny pandas in their wake >.>
published: 2023-11-05T18:25:27+00:00
summary: Amy added 22 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: family
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-fife-2
type: Add
published: 2023-11-19T22:35:04+00:00
summary: Amy added 20 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: cats
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-fife-3
type: Add
content: Astonishing sunrise skies. A trip to Burntisland.
published: 2023-11-22T18:38:47+00:00
summary: Amy added 36 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: burntisland
target: 2023-fife

photos-fife-4
type: Add
content: Went to see Luna the moth (with a telescope) on the prom, but the clouds covered the moon before our turn to look came.
published: 2023-11-25T18:44:22+00:00
summary: Amy added 42 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-fife-5
type: Add
published: 2023-11-29T18:47:56+00:00
summary: Amy added 27 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-food
type: Add
content: Apple cake, and there was some leftover puff pastry so I made a strudel with apple and homemade (not by me) fig jam.
published: 2023-11-01T17:24:05+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-food-2
type: Add
content: Cooking with agarics and blewits from the woods. Fancy chocolate tart with ginger and rose for N's birthday.
published: 2023-11-10T17:29:28+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: foraging
target: madefood

photos-food-3
type: Add
content: Pulled all of the beets from the garden; they're not going to grow more, and they are getting eaten by slugs. Put them in brine to ferment. Picked jelly ear in the park on my way home one evening, and immediately made a stir fry. Picked blewits another day and made a fry up. What a life.
published: 2023-11-19T17:31:33+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: foraging
tag: fermenting
target: madefood

photos-food-4
type: Add
content: Pear and almond tart at the Community Kitchen.
published: 2023-11-22T17:36:59+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
tag: baking
target: madefood

photos-misc
type: Add
content: An excellent new light fitting for 50p from Furniture Plus. The chilli plants moved into my living room, along with a great many aphids :/
published: 2023-11-07T20:47:04+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
tag: gardening
tag: diy
tag: household
target: diy

photos-nano
type: Add
content: After a frantic day of trying to get to work meetings in Kangus between running back and forth to town, I sat down at 9pm to write some more. If I could write 1000 words an hour, I'd make it. No way, I thought. Not a chance. So I wrote a thousand words, and it was 45 minutes later. Alright, I thought. Just do that again. So I did. Felt a bit like I was in some kind of alternate reality. Like I was watching myself from outside. I don't know, it didn't seem very real. It was well past my bed time. Then I did it again. I celebrated briefly, then since it was only 23:30 I wrote another 500 before midnight. WTF! I got so far behind, I did not expect this.
published: 2023-11-30T23:59:31+00:00
summary: Amy added 12 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: nanowrimo
tag: amwriting
tag: aseedoncesown
target: 2023-fife

photos-november
type: Add
content: The November Sea is back in all its luminescent glory.
published: 2023-11-12T18:29:11+00:00
summary: Amy added 64 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: weather
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: the+november+sea
target: 2023-fife

photos-pittenweem
type: Add
content: Adventure in Pittenweem with K, R, K&M and Lowenna. A swim in the sea pool, followed by lots of food and hot chocolate at Cacoa Tree, as usual.
published: 2023-11-26T18:46:27+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: pittenweem
tag: sea
tag: swimming
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: walkies
tag: lowenna
target: 2023-fife

photos-rejects
type: Add
content: Far longer than planned browsing fabric in Rejects. I think I'll get the black and gold with mushrooms/space/leaves for a wee curtain and cushion in my hallway. Also, some astonishing light fittings, that are far too expensive.
published: 2023-11-18T18:57:46+00:00
summary: Amy added 15 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
tag: diy
tag: rejects
target: diy

photos-shelves
type: Add
content: Started putting shelves up in the hallway nook. R can't resist the opportunity to insulate something of course, so we took up the floor boards, cleaned all of the junk out (found a whole set of drill bits!) levelled the floor and put insulation in, then put laminate down (leftover from Dave's room). Started populating the shelves with pantry and gardening items.
published: 2023-11-07T19:21:02+00:00
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week-review-13th-
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content: Wrote. Swam in the sea. Caught up on housework and life admin due to procrastinating from writing. Visited Jess and Maud. Exciting trip to Rejects to look at fabric. Coworked in Leith and stayed over chez Lowenna. Saw Howie Reeve play in KDY in a very small gig which was really good. Fermented beets, and ate lots of blewits and jelly ear.
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name: Week in review: 13th - 19th November
published: 2023-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
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week-review-20th-
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content: Wrote. Some incredible skies. Finished Daemon Voices and Against a Dark Background. Started Vurt. Took myself for an afternoon in Burntisland; groceries from G&S and a not-cheese toastie at The Fix. Overworked. Made pear and almond cake in the Community Kitchen, and mapo tofu at home. Dealt with a lot of tomatoes. Explosion of fungus gnat and aphid populations in my living room is starting to test my nonviolent gardening style. Learnt some lessons about buttercream (and baking when tired). Saw a giant moth on the promenade, but not the moon, because clouds came. Swam in the sea twice, once in Pittenweem.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 20th - 26th November
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week-review-30th
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content: Astonishingly, the sea restored the hole it had earlier gouged in the beach, covering the new steps we started to build with fresh rocks, and excavating my morning seat that had been buried. So, back to how it was before. Started a new story for NaNoWriMo. Stayed pretty on top of the word count. Worked with a new crew to get a funding application in for a local commumnity support project. Dave and Huan briefly came back. Made apple cake and apple and fig strudel at the Community Kitchen, and even stayed to eat some. Chanterelle pizza at home. Pressed the button on the smoke machine at K's for hallowe'en. Just about finished my hallway cupboard pantry and tool storage updates, including underfloor insulation in just that wee bit. Played lego with R.
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name: Week in review: 30th October - 5th November
published: 2023-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
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tag: vegan
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tag: weather
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tag: sea
tag: penpals
tag: diy

week-review-6th--
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content: Finished Bodies. Had a bit of an intense co-op week; only worked two days, but it felt like a very long week indeed. Chilli forest and accompanying aphids moved into my living room for the winter. The weather picked up again, back to normal programming for November in Fife. Made pumpkin pie (which was actually squash and sweet potato) at the Community Kitchen, and chocolate ginger tart for N's birthday. Foraged blewits, cloud agaric, agricus. Went to Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair, saw some talks on climate stuff, and bought many books. Wrote, on the beach, in the hammock, and in various Kirkcaldy and Edinburgh cafes. Swam in the sea.
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tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: nanowrimo
tag: amwriting
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tag: beach
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tag: baking
tag: edinburgh

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content: It's a clearish night, do I stay up late enough to try to see the Edinburgh fireworks across the Forth (which I have never yet achieved), or just go to bed?
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-12-31T22:20:08+00:00
tag: fife

im-having
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content: I'm having an alarmingly good day for one spent mostly at a computer.. I'm making good progress with actual work work (billable software development as opposed to ops/co-op wrangling support which is still work but not work work), got myself out of a dependency hell in less than 20 minutes, learnt some new stuff, remembered how to write Python again and actually did so, and it worked, like immediately... Then I took a break and went to investigate some homemade pickles that looked like they had gone mouldy in the (sealed) jar to discover that it was just kahm yeast around the edge and they are perfectly fine! I've been so sad thinking for weeks I was gonna have to throw out the whole jar. You might observe it doesn't take much for me to be having a good day, my bar is pretty low.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
published: 2023-12-28T15:37:47+00:00
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tag: hacking
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tag: cooplife
tag: ods
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content: I packed a tall jar with hot lemon chillis and yellow cherry tomatoes at the beginning of the month, and fermented them in brine along with coriander seeds and bay leaves. I tested a tomato every week until they were suitably fizzy, and today I blended them, and added a bit of lemon juice. I decided not to pasteurise them, so the jars need to be stored in the fridge, but will keep all of the exciting bacteria from the fermentation. Hopefully the lemon juice and fridge will stop them from fermenting more. I had to scoop kahm yeast off the top every few days after the first couple of weeks; I hope they don't go yeasty again in the jars.
published: 2023-12-31T18:13:35+00:00
summary: Amy added 10 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: harvest
target: madefood

photos-chutney
type: Add
content: Harvested most of the rest of the green tomatoes from the polytunnel and made green tomato chutney. I have a suspicion it won't be as good as last years (which is amazing) but we'll see...
published: 2023-12-10T16:06:45+00:00
summary: Amy added 5 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: harvest
target: madefood

photos-crochet
type: Add
content: Work on the crochet project I can't decide on and will never finish.
published: 2023-12-18T22:09:57+00:00
summary: Amy added 2 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: crochet
tag: max
target: madestuff

photos-crochet-fish
type: Add
content: Amigurumi ray and fishy for E and E's sea creature collection.
published: 2023-12-18T23:05:42+00:00
summary: Amy added 15 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madestuff/
tag: crochet
target: madestuff

photos-edb
type: Add
content: A day out in Edinburgh with Max, who was Very Good. I had to pick up a box from BBL, and then we had a doughnut in ConsiderIt with JH. Max was very good. We had a frolick across the Meadows, and took the train home from Haymarket.
published: 2023-12-23T17:49:40+00:00
summary: Amy added 11 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: edinburgh
tag: walkies
tag: max
target: 2023-edi

photos-edb-2
type: Add
content: Spontaneous trip to Edinburgh to see the Snow Queen at the Lyceum. I took the bus, and had just enough time beforehand to have a fancy dinner at Henderson's. (I tried Sora Lella first, but they were full.) The pumpkin gnocchi with cashew ricotta were next level. I really enjoyed the theatre too. It wasn't busy and I had empty seats around me in the Grand Circle, and a good view. (Tony from Kangus was in the play.) This outing re-confirmed something I already knew: that my favourite kind of date is one with no other people on it.
published: 2023-12-30T23:51:36+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-edi/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: theatre
tag: leisure
tag: edinburgh
target: 2023-edi

photos-fife
type: Add
content: It's a new month, and I have a novel I didn't have 30 days ago.
published: 2023-12-03T18:54:57+00:00
summary: Amy added 15 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-food
type: Add
content: Turned yet more green tomatoes into ketchup, with some chillis. Also made a ginger loaf, but it sunk in the middle. Peach and raspberry cobbler at the Community Kitchen.
published: 2023-12-16T19:08:36+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
tag: community+kitchen
tag: baking
tag: harvest
target: madefood

photos-food-2
type: Add
content: Many mince pies at the Community Kitchen. Used some of my fermented beetroot to make falafel, which was very good.
published: 2023-12-24T15:10:32+00:00
summary: Amy added 9 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: baking
tag: community+kitchen
tag: greener+kirkcaldy
target: madefood

photos-food-3
type: Add
published: 2023-12-30T21:53:38+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/madefood/
tag: food
tag: vegan
target: madefood

photos-foraging
type: Add
content: Still some blewits and cloud agraric and a few agaricus around.
published: 2023-11-06T20:22:15+00:00
summary: Amy added 7 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-foraging/
tag: foraging
target: 2023-foraging

photos-harvest
type: Add
content: Tomato and chilli harvests from Nov and Dec.
published: 2023-12-03T19:37:02+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
target: growstuff

photos-max
type: Add
content: Max came to stay with me for a while, and immediately took over my life (and sofas).
published: 2023-12-10T19:05:05+00:00
summary: Amy added 17 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: max
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-max-2
type: Add
content: Walkies through the Wemyss woods. No oyster mushrooms except old ones.
published: 2023-12-13T15:16:27+00:00
summary: Amy added 46 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-max-3
type: Add
content: Lucky to have some more gorgeous clear days for beach walkies. And also to have a Max to snuggle on the sofa on the rainy days. Such a cuddly Max.
published: 2023-12-31T19:24:41+00:00
summary: Amy added 45 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: max
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
target: 2023-fife

photos-max-4
type: Add
content: Max models the sunrise.
published: 2023-12-17T17:21:22+00:00
summary: Amy added 22 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: sunrise
tag: beach
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-max-5
type: Add
content: Nacreous clouds at sunset! Far more vivid than my camera could capture, in the colours of the trans flag. Max and I watched them from the beach until they turned bright orange and dissipated..
published: 2023-12-20T17:35:22+00:00
summary: Amy added 38 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: walkies
tag: clouds
tag: weather
tag: sunset
tag: beach
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-max-6
type: Add
content: More walkies, more nacreous clouds! And a visit to the market for the first time in a while.
published: 2023-12-22T17:41:11+00:00
summary: Amy added 51 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: nacreous+clouds
tag: clouds
tag: weather
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
tag: sunset
tag: max
target: 2023-fife

photos-max-7
type: Add
content: More walkies. Max has a great time with giant sticks. I'm glad he can entertain himself while I sit and contemplate the waves. Xmas eve Tiffin delivery.
published: 2023-12-24T19:48:00+00:00
summary: Amy added 33 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: walkies
tag: beach
tag: max
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-polytunnel
type: Add
content: I went to the polytunnel to pick the last of the tomatoes. Some still turned ready! Cleaned everything up, and then got trapped by a blizzard. Very conveniently, there were also some blewits growing in there. Does it count as foraging when they're in the polytunnel?
published: 2023-12-30T12:08:32+00:00
summary: Amy added 4 photos to https://i.amy.gy/growstuff/
tag: gardening
tag: foraging
target: growstuff

photos-shelves
type: Add
content: The finishing touch for the hallway nook pantry - fairy lights, which I scavenged from a box of "free stuff" cleared out of my late neighbour's flat. (And to make Mum happy, I strung up the seed advent calendar she sent me there as well.)
published: 2023-12-03T19:31:03+00:00
summary: Amy added 8 photos to https://i.amy.gy/diy/
tag: diy
target: diy

photos-sunrise
type: Add
content: No-particular-occasion vegan feast with K, A and D on the 25th. The days alternated between extremely braw and miserable AF this week. There was snow but it didn't settle. A lot of wind and generally dampness. But clear days and still seas were enough to see me through. I went to see the Kirkcaldy panto with K. It was a lot. (I didn't realise I haven't been to a panto before..)
published: 2023-12-31T21:55:27+00:00
summary: Amy added 39 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: fife
tag: kirkcaldy
tag: beach
tag: sunrise
target: 2023-fife

photos-west
type: Add
content: A jaunt to Glasgow and Helensburgh to visit F & J and co. Had a nice time at the Helensburgh winter festival.
published: 2023-12-09T18:56:01+00:00
summary: Amy added 5 photos to https://i.amy.gy/2023-fife/
tag: food
tag: vegan
tag: glasgow
tag: helensburgh
target: 2023-fife

week-review-11th--
type: Article
content: A great many walkies and sunrises. Mired in recruitment again. Hired two more Python developers, started onboarding prep. Sifting for Data Analysts (application deadline 24th Dec...). Actually did some BODS scheme refactoring work though. Made ginger cake and green tomato ketchup at home, and plum and raspberry cobbler at the Community Kitchen. Finished The Bear. Watched uh all of Fleabag. Swam in the sea. Finished Look to Windward. Started Legends and Lattes. Fungus gnats continue to drive me to despair, but the spider population has increased considerably which is nice. The second birds eye plant died. All hope for a chilli filled summer hangs on the scotch bonnet.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 11th - 17th December
published: 2023-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
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tag: walkies
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week-review-18th-
type: Article
content: Finished Legends and Lattes. Started We Won't Be Here Tomorrow. Made many mince pies at the Community Kitchen, and falafel at home. Watched all of Only Murders In The Building. Had a great many walkies with Max including a day out in Edinburgh. Snowed under with Ops work, recruitment stuff, and Spanish employment law anxiety (it's all fine, though). Nacreous clouds! For three days in a row! Lots of walkies and cuddles before Max left for his other home.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 18th - 24th December
published: 2023-12-24T23:59:59+00:00
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tag: ods
tag: max
tag: walkies
tag: clouds
tag: weather
tag: edinburgh

week-review-25th-
type: Article
content: Started watching Ugly Betty. Finished We Won't Be Here Tomorrow and started Smoke and Mirrors. Spent time with friends. Swam in the sea twice; braw days amidst the storms. Had a quiet week at work, restructuring the BODS schema and tidying up the tests. Saw the Kirkcaldy Panto (Ya Wee Beauty and the Beast). Ate lots of Tiffin delivery. Spontaneous trip to theatre in Edinburgh. 'Foraging' in the polytunnel.. Turned my fermented lemon peppers and yellow tomatoes into hot sauce.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 25th - 31st December
published: 2023-12-31T22:01:31+00:00
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tag: vegan
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: foraging
tag: kirkcaldy
tag: theatre
tag: leisure
tag: sunrise
tag: beach

week-review-27th
type: Article
content: Got behind on housework and life admin again. Made rose and almond puddings and orange and rose cake at the Community Kitchen. Made crochet plant hangers for the gift giving market. Had big highs and big lows in coop land. Swam in the sea. Won NaNoWriMo! Unexpectedly. Frost, almost snow. Finished Vurt. Started Look to Windward. Tomato and chilli harvests. Put lights up in my hallway nook pantry.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 27th November - 3rd December
published: 2023-12-03T23:59:59+00:00
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tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: nanowrimo
tag: amwriting
tag: aseedoncesown
tag: beach
tag: the+november+sea
tag: sunrise
tag: crochet

week-review-4th--
type: Article
content: Had a cold. Slept a lot. Crocheted some sea creatures. A bit of a stressful Coop week, again. Watched all of Pose. Made green tomato chutney. Went to Glasgow and Helensburgh. Max came to stay with me. Aphids have finished off all of the lemon pepper plants and one birds eye in my living room, and given up and mostly moved out, it seems. The second birds eye and scotch bonnet are clinging to life. Fungus gnat population has escalated dramatically.
generator: no-ceremonies-are-necessary
name: Week in review: 4th - 10th December
published: 2023-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
tag: travel
tag: week+in+review
tag: cooplife
tag: ods
tag: crochet
tag: friends
tag: glasgow
tag: helensburgh
tag: max
tag: walkies

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