On Crosby Sands
I can connect
Nothing with nothing.
With apologies to TS Eliot.
What I Did On My Holidays Part II
2. I visited Another Place
On Crosby Sands
I can connect
Nothing with nothing.
With apologies to TS Eliot.
On Crosby Sands
I can connect
Nothing with nothing.
With apologies to TS Eliot.
Green Party Conference: Day 1
The Green Party Autumn Conference is in Hove again this year. We last hosted a National Conference in September 2006, and the intervening three years have seen the local party more than double its numbers on the Council, from 6 members to 13, making us the joint second largest political group in the city, tying with Labour.
Not to mention the fact that we're increasingly set to elect Caroline Lucas MEP as the first ever Green MP to sit in Westminster on the back of our rock-solid vote in Brighton Pavilion. Exciting times indeed, and it's great to have Conference back in Brighton & Hove when the local party is riding the crest of our epic win in Goldsmid, and is brimming with enthusiasm for the forthcoming General Election contest.
However, regular readers will know by now that politics is not all about "the glamma", as is amply demonstrated by the pic below:
Cllr Sven Rufus & Cllr Amy Kennedy on Conference Stewarding Duty this afternoon
Don't get me wrong, my Stewarding stint today was ace: it was brilliant to be *meeting & greeting* people - especially as I finally got to meet JimJay (Green BlogFather) in the flesh [*shy face*]- and to see so many excellent colleagues and people I'm fond of as they arrived. I really enjoyed myself and I'm looking forward to tomorrow's stint.
But... crikey, those tabards :( If I ever get any time to dig my sewing machine out in the next few months, I may have a crack at designing something less, erm, *utilitarian*. God knows I'm not a vain woman (I wouldn't have let this pic anywhere near the light of day if I was), but there's got to be some sort of acceptable solution to this ;)
Anyway, roll on Day 2 of Conference - looking forward very much to Caroline's keynote speech tomorrow morning.
Not to mention the fact that we're increasingly set to elect Caroline Lucas MEP as the first ever Green MP to sit in Westminster on the back of our rock-solid vote in Brighton Pavilion. Exciting times indeed, and it's great to have Conference back in Brighton & Hove when the local party is riding the crest of our epic win in Goldsmid, and is brimming with enthusiasm for the forthcoming General Election contest.
However, regular readers will know by now that politics is not all about "the glamma", as is amply demonstrated by the pic below:
Cllr Sven Rufus & Cllr Amy Kennedy on Conference Stewarding Duty this afternoon
Don't get me wrong, my Stewarding stint today was ace: it was brilliant to be *meeting & greeting* people - especially as I finally got to meet JimJay (Green BlogFather) in the flesh [*shy face*]- and to see so many excellent colleagues and people I'm fond of as they arrived. I really enjoyed myself and I'm looking forward to tomorrow's stint.
But... crikey, those tabards :( If I ever get any time to dig my sewing machine out in the next few months, I may have a crack at designing something less, erm, *utilitarian*. God knows I'm not a vain woman (I wouldn't have let this pic anywhere near the light of day if I was), but there's got to be some sort of acceptable solution to this ;)
Anyway, roll on Day 2 of Conference - looking forward very much to Caroline's keynote speech tomorrow morning.
What I Did On My Holidays Part I
1. Baking
I made a delicious Annabel Karmel Chocolate Orange Marble Cake from a recipe I dug out from a pile of printed-off online receipts. Weirdly enough, this is no longer available online, but Mainly Baking kindly reproduces it here. I jazzed it up with a bit of orange drizzle made by cribbing MarsLady's epic Lemon Drizzle syrup mix. It was FIT.
In The Meantime...
Sooooo... it's four weeks since I last posted on this blog. Four weeks since our epic victory in Goldsmid, three weeks since Pride, two weeks since I "went on holiday" (aka got bustled around Cheshire by my Ma / sis / cuz in the pursuit of friends & family), one week since I came back (to an exploding Inbox).
Happy Summer Holidays! Whoever it was that said "honestly, nothing happens during August" with reference to council duties was clearly not a member of the Planning Committee and/or dealing with a lot of angry constituents who feel duped by the recent London Rd Station CPZ consultation, or frustrated residents in the Old Shoreham Rd area whose refuse and recycling collections have been non-existent in recent weeks. It's been a busy old time, all in all.
So apologies as always, dear reader, for being a less than faithful correspondent in recent days. Out of all the stuff that's been happening, Pride deserves a post all to itself, but in the meantime here's a couple of snaps of Brighton & Hove Green Party's contribution to this year's Pride Beside The Seaside:
L-R:
Captain Amy Kennedy
Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP, Admiral of the Fleet
Commander Phelim Mac Cafferty
OMG have you ever seen anyone look so happy to be this close to recycling bins? (my Mum worries my activism is "unhygenic")
More posting on all this and other stuff to follow, but my absolute favourite Argus 'Silly Season' story from this week has got to be the funky sandwiches piece: regular readers (and those who know and love me) will be familiar with my interest in Bento and Food Art, so to see such skill and expertise emanating from Littlehampton more or less made my week :D
"If I was a sculptor... but then again - no..."
(Mark Northeast, Littlehampton 2009)
[note to self: did E.John ever stay in Littlehampton? CHECK.]
My favourite ever Bento: Sardine & Red Pepper Heels.
Nom nom nom :D And ta-ra for now.
Happy Summer Holidays! Whoever it was that said "honestly, nothing happens during August" with reference to council duties was clearly not a member of the Planning Committee and/or dealing with a lot of angry constituents who feel duped by the recent London Rd Station CPZ consultation, or frustrated residents in the Old Shoreham Rd area whose refuse and recycling collections have been non-existent in recent weeks. It's been a busy old time, all in all.
So apologies as always, dear reader, for being a less than faithful correspondent in recent days. Out of all the stuff that's been happening, Pride deserves a post all to itself, but in the meantime here's a couple of snaps of Brighton & Hove Green Party's contribution to this year's Pride Beside The Seaside:
L-R:
Captain Amy Kennedy
Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP, Admiral of the Fleet
Commander Phelim Mac Cafferty
OMG have you ever seen anyone look so happy to be this close to recycling bins? (my Mum worries my activism is "unhygenic")
More posting on all this and other stuff to follow, but my absolute favourite Argus 'Silly Season' story from this week has got to be the funky sandwiches piece: regular readers (and those who know and love me) will be familiar with my interest in Bento and Food Art, so to see such skill and expertise emanating from Littlehampton more or less made my week :D
"If I was a sculptor... but then again - no..."
(Mark Northeast, Littlehampton 2009)
[note to self: did E.John ever stay in Littlehampton? CHECK.]
My favourite ever Bento: Sardine & Red Pepper Heels.
Nom nom nom :D And ta-ra for now.
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