Category Archives: Family

Write a Halloween Story

Posted on 31st October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Glasgow Crematorium flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Mum in law’s funeral today, so just a quick cautionary poem: Those who do not behave Might end up here, or in a grave TDC5040

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Christmas Pudding

Posted on 29th October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

302/365 Christmas Pudding flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Christmas is coming, the [vegetarian] goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat If you haven’t got a penny, … Continue reading →

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Fair Flora

Posted on 28th October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

296/365 Fair Flora flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license When I was about eight years old our parents sold our family home and bought a plot of land that had once been part … Continue reading →

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Warning!

Posted on 10th October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

It’s been a year since you died, mum. I still miss you, so much more than I realised I would. Happy memories, so many memories. Now time has peeled away the layers I notice how so much that I do … Continue reading →

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Music as Time Travel

Posted on 17th September 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Some people don’t believe in time travel, but I think I have a pretty convincing argument for it. Here it is. There are some pieces of music (actually, there are many) that instantly transport me back in time and space. … Continue reading →

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Preserving memories

Posted on 27th August 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Our friend Irvine recently gave us a big bag of apples from his trees, so this week I decided to make a batch of chutney and also to augment the pink currants from our garden and make a batch of … Continue reading →

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August 1st

Posted on 2nd August 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Mum and Dad’s wedding flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license The first of August was always a red letter day in our family. On 1st August 1959 my mum and dad got married. … Continue reading →

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Knitting memories

Posted on 4th June 2025 by NomadWarMachine

With a new great nephew due soon, I’ve been spending time knitting for him – a hap to wrap him in when he arrives 134/365 Hap flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license A stripy jacket … Continue reading →

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Honesty

Posted on 31st March 2025 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve been thinking about mum a lot this weekend  – maybe because it was Mothering Sunday yesterday – although as my mother’s daughter I know better than to call it Mother’s Day and be confused about what the day was … Continue reading →

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Lazy Sunday

Posted on 23rd March 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Soup flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license Since before we were married I’ve been going over to Niall’s parents for Sunday lunch. When I first went it was very much a family event with both … Continue reading →

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