Author Archives: NomadWarMachine

String Postcards

Posted on 11th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Parabola cards flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license As some folk will know, as part of Karen’s postcard project I made some string art cards and sent them around the world. This week, in preparation … Continue reading →

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You don’t always get what you want

Posted on 10th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

A constant refrain in our office is that we wish people would tell us what they’d like to be able to do, instead of telling us what they think they want. So they will go to conferences and see shiny … Continue reading →

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Mull

Posted on 10th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

This week we’re staying in a wee cottage on Mull, so yesterday we drove up through Glencoe and up to Lochaline to get the wee ferry across. Niall was frustrated throughout the journey with painfully slow (and erratic) drivers, and … Continue reading →

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Who am I this month?

Posted on 10th July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I had meant to spend more time crafting my intro to  CLMooc16 – trying out some tools I’d not used before, curating some of my digital artefacts – that sort of thing. But then Brexit happened, and everything changed. For … Continue reading →

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Spiky

Posted on 3rd July 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I’m getting into the habit of taking photos when something in the garden catches my eye, so when I saw this week’s challenge I swiped through my recent pics on my camera. Look up, down and all around in search … Continue reading →

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Leading Lines

Posted on 26th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Uncertain days following the Brexit fiasco, but as ever my surroundings soothe me and I am happy to be up here. Selfish worries about the possibility of rising mortgage payments, losses to my future pension and all of that mean … Continue reading →

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Brexit

Posted on 22nd June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I’m scared. Tomorrow we vote to decide whether to leave the EU and let a far right wing band of liars run the country or to stay in the EU and let a not quite so right wing crew keep … Continue reading →

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Clement Attlee

Posted on 21st June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Today’s Daily Create is to: Find a famous literary quote (idealy by a famous literary person) and create something that shows the first draft versions that did not make the cut. Like the notes the writer might have done on … Continue reading →

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Growing

Posted on 18th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

Out in the garden this morning I noticed that some of the alpine strawberries are ready to eat and the currants are ripening well. We’re going to have plenty of brambles and potatoes again this year, and I’m hoping that … Continue reading →

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Wear your flag on your hand

Posted on 18th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I’m not really a fan of flags – to me they symbolise walls that keep some folk out and tie others to false rhetoric about duty to one’s country  – but today’s Daily Create was a fun thing to do … Continue reading →

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