Catherine Demetriadi
@ccdemetriadi
Born in the home of the bean and the cod. Former charity development director/consultant. Mother and wife. Violinist and artist. Recently retired from Scottish Parliament constituency office. Working for an independent Scotland. #ScottishIndependence #Indy
While waiting for political upheavals in Scotland, Westminster, and, well, everywhere: bake, cook huge quantities of chicken veg curry, and simmer the remains of the chicken into stock for a rainy day.
Wee Ginger Dug about 'Scottish' Labour's manifesto for the May 7 elections:
It's called stagflation and isn't something to celebrate at all!
Lovely. Cats are perfect models when they sleep. Here is a little cat, Beamish, that I cared for when some kind people let me borrow their Welsh home at a time of need. This was my thank-you present to them.
It's that time of year: bramble jam-making from beautiful, sour berries picked from cliff walks in SW Scotland.
The picture in Wales is a different one from Scotland, and a nail-biter. Let's pray that a coalition of Plaid and Greens keep Reform out. Labour has lost Welsh trust, which was already long gone in Scotland. (The SNP experience of coalition with the Greens was unfortunately mixed, to put it kindly.)
Oh great -- Peter Thiel is PayPal, and was one of the Project 2025 architects and a former friend of Musk. Palantir's software collects data on everyone. Thank you for nothing, Starmer.
You'd think Trump would want a piece of that action. Still, X value is dropping and I'll bet the Space Nazi's (thank you, Jeff Tiedrich) precious Tesla will continue to tank. Now for the Federal funds to dry up, please.
BBC says we are in a Yellow wind zone. The Met office says it's two steps up to Red. So much for the public (well, State) broadcaster. The house feels like it's being punched, and our windows are coated in sea salt.
Broccoli slaw, c/o Molly Yeh from the Girl Meets Farm show on the Food Network.