Category Archives: DS106

Rhythms Of Water

Journeys flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Along a busy road cars whizz past, their engines buzzing in my ears The water moves slowly, lapping over small rocks Birds flit, silently, through the … Continue reading

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In The Garden Of Night

Moon Haiku flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Moonlight over trees Guiding me as I wander Through fragrant meadows

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Observational Haiku

Autumn Haiku flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license As the days draw in And the leaves begin to drop Autumn colours shine TDC5028

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How to tell a story

How to tell a story flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license How to tell a story Who am I to tell you how to tell your story? You might start at the beginning … Continue reading

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Thoreau

Thoreau flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today was a very hot day, so we decided to head out to the woods with a packed lunch. Despite the inevitable traffic jams around Balloch … Continue reading

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Blogging as an academic practice

Percolating ideas flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license I’ve been enjoying dipping in and out of the “On Writing” series that Jim Groom’s been hosting on Reclaim TV, although I’ve not been able … Continue reading

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HOMAGO

Today’s Daily Create asks us to reflect on what make a community. That’s quite a big question for an an activity that typically takes 15-20 minutes to complete. I didn’t check before replying to it today, but last time this … Continue reading

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Dogs of war – or peace?

Today’s Daily Create asks us to Try this site that gives you a bit of control over world maps. It allows you to re-orientate the world map to specific countries (so you change the common perspective found in so many maps). You … Continue reading

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Three in the Wild

Out in the garden after breakfast today – losing the cats under the long grass, marveling at all of the fruit on our apple and plum trees. It was hard to find a place to take a photo of only … Continue reading

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Unparalleled Misalignments

An excellent Daily Create today: Unparalleled Misalignments are “pairs of non-synonymous phrases where the words in one phrase are each synonyms of the words in the other.” Did you see what we did there in the title of today’s Daily … Continue reading

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