Work
23/01/07 21:38
I have so far avoided describing day to day life and
appearances. Now to amend:
I'm staying with Paul and Helen Paisley on a wwoofing basis; I help with their small-scale organic gardening business, and they provide me with food and accommodation. Several vegetable plots and greenhouses around Ullapool generate produce for local hotels and farmers' markets, and provide the Paisleys with a semi-subsistent existence. January is unsurprisingly a quiet month so in the place of growing and selling the working week is taken up with: making structural improvements to the house (putting a window in) and allotments; general tidying and collecting tasks (seaweed, firewood); and the inevitable consequences of living in a small-town (a community radio, opposing a harbour development). A large proportion of life is taken up with living here.
You want to know about me.
I get up each day about 8. I wear thick lesbian tights under jeans or tracksuit bottoms, with waterproof trousers on hand. Over tights go thick socks. On feet, for general 'about town' business, footwear is Converse; otherwise wellies. Tops are: several, including a fleece. Optional extras as follows: waterproof jacket, wooly hat, lined wooly gloves when not gardening, and scarf.
Food: good. Porridge from oatmeal. Lots of tea; always lots of tea. Hot food for lunch and dinner: potato bakes, omelets, home-made deep-fried chicken and banana fritters :-) At night, a glass of wine. Occasional late night whiskey :-) :-)
I generally help in the morning and early afternoon. If I can catch the end of the day there's a surprising amount to do in the town: a very good library (in the high school); or I might make a trip to the computer shop to upload website changes. Evening is writing, work on the website, reading, or making a brave lone excursion to the pub. Last night I went Scottish country dancing...!
I'm staying with Paul and Helen Paisley on a wwoofing basis; I help with their small-scale organic gardening business, and they provide me with food and accommodation. Several vegetable plots and greenhouses around Ullapool generate produce for local hotels and farmers' markets, and provide the Paisleys with a semi-subsistent existence. January is unsurprisingly a quiet month so in the place of growing and selling the working week is taken up with: making structural improvements to the house (putting a window in) and allotments; general tidying and collecting tasks (seaweed, firewood); and the inevitable consequences of living in a small-town (a community radio, opposing a harbour development). A large proportion of life is taken up with living here.
You want to know about me.
I get up each day about 8. I wear thick lesbian tights under jeans or tracksuit bottoms, with waterproof trousers on hand. Over tights go thick socks. On feet, for general 'about town' business, footwear is Converse; otherwise wellies. Tops are: several, including a fleece. Optional extras as follows: waterproof jacket, wooly hat, lined wooly gloves when not gardening, and scarf.
Food: good. Porridge from oatmeal. Lots of tea; always lots of tea. Hot food for lunch and dinner: potato bakes, omelets, home-made deep-fried chicken and banana fritters :-) At night, a glass of wine. Occasional late night whiskey :-) :-)
I generally help in the morning and early afternoon. If I can catch the end of the day there's a surprising amount to do in the town: a very good library (in the high school); or I might make a trip to the computer shop to upload website changes. Evening is writing, work on the website, reading, or making a brave lone excursion to the pub. Last night I went Scottish country dancing...!
Art is photo surveillance, late night camera excursions. So far, it's been a perfect balance between having something to do - a job, to stimulate and provide inspiration and monotony - and time to deal with it. The weekend is for projects & excursions. Watch this space.