After 42 days without rain, "hope you're enjoying the sunshine!!" as a greeting is starting to feel a bit deranged.
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life (16 out of 767)
- Lots of recuperating on the sofa. My sinuses hurt. Not up for much. Mum left. Lots of nice people brought me treats.
- Finished The Alchemist. Read Kindred, The Color Purple, started Worthing Saga.
- Wrote and did a lot of plotting.
- Made lots of nice things to eat.
- Fought (and won) TDBank, got my USD back after they made my account "dormant".
- Planted winter brassicas and did some more harvests.
- Started two batches of kombucha. One of them seems to have failed already.
- Went to Newcastle for Co-op.
- Spent a day in hospital for sinus surgery.
- And then some time recovering from sinus surgery. Mum came.
- Finished The Full Cupboard of Life and read Ecotopia and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and started The Alchemist.
- Made random-plants pesto, pickled aubergines, and blended my 3 week fermented cherry tomatoes into sauce.
- Garden catch up.
- Worked late, too much, mostly on a bid.
- Rewarded by amazing aurora from the beach though.
- Made spiced pear cake with maple apple sauce at the Community Kitchen.
- Anti-racism workshop with Pen Pals.
- More sunrises, visit from children and animals.
- Birthday party for Lowenna.
- Walk with Tara. Found a handful of chanterelles and one cep.
- Clear skies for sunrise and beach walks.
- Multiple meetings in Dysart about Dysart...
- Made courgette choc chip cake at the Community Kitchen, and helped with another food workshop (about eating seasonally and locally). Fermented tomatoes, and made some beautiful salads, breaded more mushrooms.
- Went to the end of the Fife Climate Festival.
- VEGFEST!
- Swam on a still grey Monday morning and a strangely warm Saturday lunchtime.
- Had my first novelry coaching call.
- Finished Children of Time but also bought my own copy. Started Station Eleven.
- Meetings! Dysart Community Council; Greener Kircaldy training, HR WG, Board; more VegFest stuff...
- Made apple peanut butter cake at the Community Kitchen, and helped out with a food workshop about reducing waste by using leftovers. Also lots of good mushroom things.
- Finally consolidated all of the G&S stock that has been occupying my living room in the form of a wall of boxes. Took most of the day. Much improved.
- Wrote and plotted.
- Hung out with Max.
- Ate puffballs that R left behind. Did a harvest.
An auspicious day for Fife VegFest: we got our market licence confirmed, and the local press wrote about our upcoming event.
Come to Kirkcaldy on Sunday 19th Jan, 11-4, for many tasty treats, block print-your-own merch, a raffle with top notch prizes, yoga, and we even got a local councillor on one of our panels this time.
(Wish me luck, I'm not sleeping between now and Sunday.)
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I'm doing admin for the next Fife VegFest (January 19th). It's very exciting to see this list of local vegan companies who have already confirmed their places. We've doubled the venue size and already are nearly full.
We'll be announcing the first batch 'officially' (on mainstream centralised social media) this weekend, so consider this a sneak peak for the fediverse (or the two people who read my website).
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I've made plans for next October, which is the furthest I've thought ahead in very many years. And perhaps the first time I've assumed I'll still be in Fife in a year without a second thought..
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life goes on
(for me)
and it doesn't
(for many)
and i feel it every day
i feel connected to everyone
and helpless
i've been writing more
it's the only thing
that seems reasonable
that doesn't seem
obscene
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Week in review: 21st - 27th October
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I really need to get my sleep cycle sorted out again.
*British summer time ends*
Well that was easy.
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Day 6 of post FESS recovery: novelty has worn off. I'd harboured fantasies of enjoying 2 weeks off work but being basically functional. Permaheadache, face feeling full of cement and continuous bloody snot production are slight hindrances to being enthusiastic about being awake. My lovely friends and mum do keep supplying me with treats though.
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I still have an old account at a US bank, who have recently disabled my ability to transfer money out, cancelled my debit card, and told me my account is now dormant and can only be reactivated if I transfer some money or make a debit card transaction. How helpful of them.
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Week in review: 14th - 20th October
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🗁Added 29 photos to album Life in Fife, 2024.
Bright skies early in the week, before heading to Newcastle.
Came back to sinus surgery and grey skies. Mum came, and I did much convalescing.
Week in review: 7t - 13th October
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The first ever Fife VegFest surpassed all expectations. I did a little writeup here and we got some good press.
Also one person said they heard about it on Mastodon. Own up! Who was it?!
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Week in review: 30th September - 6th October
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Week in review: 23rd - 29th September
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Just finished Children of Time and I'm absolutely floored. I can't function. That was the best possible ending. I cried. That was everything I want from science fiction. Can't believe it's taken a year of people recommending that for me to get to it.
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