Author Archives: NomadWarMachine

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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Resourceful resources

Posted on 15th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

OK  – fair warning – I am going to rant. I’m sick of Brexit and I’m not sleeping well so I’m not in the best of moods. But there’s something that’s bugging me, and on reflection I don’t think this is … Continue reading →

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He is not man, he is Devo

Posted on 14th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

It all started with a typo – for the Daily Create yesterday: “Search the web for an old paperback cover and use that as starting point for a new cover.” Never one to let a joke go, even if I … Continue reading →

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Researcher Journal: Ethical Clearance

Posted on 13th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

It took me ages to work out how to write my ethics application for my PhD. It was only when Fiona (my supervisor) said that doing it would help me think through my methodology that something clicked and I started … Continue reading →

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What kind of bird are you?

Posted on 11th June 2016 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve been writing an application for an award on behalf of my work team this week, and as I was writing one section I found myself jokingly describing us as “wise owls, not magpies after the shiny shiny”. I was … Continue reading →

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