Lisbon is like the 1970s : really salty food and the waiter argued with me when I tried to order a beer.

I still buy my kids (and their partners) advent calendars. Grandchild (aged 4) : "Where's mine?" Me: "Your Mum and Dad buy yours." Grandchild: "Cool"... then negotiates with parents for going to the shops this weekend to choose one. Husband: "Where's mine?" Me: "Ask your Mum."

You're drunk Bus Stop. Go home... :-)

Can we extend the firework ban to include not selling eggs to teenagers in October? ... have just got up early on a Sunday morning to clean eggs off the windows of a disabled person's flat.

I have a terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side. ... pulled the muscles by coughing.

Taking down my hood in the rain to show the nervous woman ahead of me on the path that I'm not a bloke... Sigh. I also slowed my pace to create a bit of distance when I realised she was looking back nervously and speeding up herself

The Commissioner for human rights for the Council of Europe warns that Britain’s treatment of trans people could breach the ECHR

Signs that I may be a Goth : Xmas shopping in the Halloween section.

Okay, so in the unlikely event that I was ever hanging up a union flag, I would have no idea which was supposed to be the top, but the Lion Rampant really ought to be obvious

I have applied for my bus pass. With the usual bad language caused by stupid online systems that don't really work with a desktop computer. Hopefully that's sorted out and I never have to reapply

Guess where we are?

The chip shops here close at 9pm on Friday. #NoLongerInACity

Fireworks in daylight, apparently

Ready for the demo at noon

I'm a poster girl...

This weekend I am babysitting at a LARP event. Having finished babysitting the grandkids, I am now babysitting the fire while everyone else is off fighting

Older grandchild (4) just wrote their name for the first time in a Fathers' Day card for Grandpa

Bus took a wrong turn... oops. It then did a 3 point turn on Lothian Road...

Exhibition at Portrait Gallery on James VI had quite a few accessories on display. And it wasn't even us who set the alarm off by trying to get close enough to see obscure details on portraits.

First Aid training today. Very useful, but I definitely need a drink. Fortunately AJ and Feorag are prepared to help out.

Stressful morning going to politely ask for a TERF sticker that a friend had spotted to be removed from a local pub. I was a bag of nerves but barman was actually fine about it when I asked. Still a bit adrenaline jittery, but massively relieved it was so easy in the end

Art shop at Tollcross

There are compensations for early mornings.

Enjoying the urban greenery

So apparently our police force don't know that chalk is very easy to brush or wash off surfaces...

We'll be at the demo for about the first half hour. Family stuff booked for 2pm. I'll bring trans ribbons to hand out.

I have had 500 postcards printed to send to various politicians and organisations who are being, or might become idiot transphobes. Anyone willing to send any do let me know and I will give you some. Collect from Bruntsfield or I can drop off in central locations.

Oh this is awesome!! :-D

Allan is absolutely right. This should be unacceptable in a free society. Freedom of assembly and freedom of protest are both integral to democracy.

Feast cooked and eaten pretty much on schedule with no last minute crises in the kitchen. We were tidied up and out by 11.30.

This Sunday Eleanor and I are doing a William McGonagall memorial walk for the 200th anniversary of his birth. All ticket money will go to LGBT Youth www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/william-mc...

Of all the lives taken by US gun laws, I really didn't expect my 23 year old great neice to be one. Accidental discharge of a firearm on holiday. RIP little Lucy.

If you donate to Edinburgh Women's Aid you may want to redirect your donations to organisations who will help all women instead.

Early mornings for filming do have their compensation.

So why does HMRC (UK tax office) employ people who can't handle decimal points? This is the second time I have had to appeal a tax demand on the basis that they think I earned ten times what I actually did.

Wondering what the current situation with increasing boycotts of bourbon will mean for whisky production. ... hopefully lots of unusual cask finishes in the next few years

Doing various health and safety courses at work. #HealthAndSafetyChampion Did you know you should hoover your smoke detector twice a year?

Early signs of my Goth tendencies included my favorite verse of We Three Kings when I was 7 being the one about myrrh.

Today I am painting the ceiling. And moving dustsheets and ladders as I go.

I was theoretically aware that some padron peppers (a common tapas) can be like chilli rather than bell pepper. Today was my first actual encounter with the experience... obviously after I had taken a large bite without due care and attention... :-)

Is there a filter on here that will let me just see friends own posts, not the stuff people re-share? "Following" doesn't seem to work.

Drinking sherry in Madrid. Previously I have mainly encountered it in the context of whisky casks, but it turns out the stuff in the cask before the whisky goes in is also very nice. :-)

My sleep cycle has been a bit weird due to being ill over Xmas and Hogmanay. I've been crashing out really early. Didn't bother to attempt to fix it because we have a 7am flight today. #AwakeAtFourAM

Christmas tree before dawn. Drinking coffee and missing my mum who used to come up and help decorate it every year.

So why does having a cold cause my left shoulder to lock and my knee and elbow joints to ache?

Went for beer with some of the neighbours last night. We had a little common garden community during the lockdowns and for a while after. Most people have moved on from the flats, which is a bit sad, but it's nice to keep the connection with those who are left here.

Yesterday after work I was helping Feorag with her CAMRA obligations by turning up at pubs that needed reviewing. I hope my sacrifice is appreciated by all of you... :-)

In order to travel to Europe I now need documentation for my (legal, prescription) medication. Yet another Brexit Bonus... It's cocodamol and steroids that are the issue and your GP and pharmacist can provide. ... but it's another thing to check

At a gig Ex-TC and Hugh Cornwall. Good view from the balcony. #OldPunksLikeSeats

Interesting... Facebook just took down my post giving my Bluesky and Mastadon contact details...