Category Archives: postcards

Holiday traditions

Posted on 25th August 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Postcard from Algot flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Sending postcards has been part of my holiday routine for most of my life. As a child we were ‘encouraged’ to send them to … Continue reading →

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Dear Postcards

Posted on 1st October 2024 by NomadWarMachine

“postcard board” flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license Dear Data is a beautiful book that tells the story of how two people became friends by sending weekly postcards to each other for a year while … Continue reading →

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Postcards as an antidote to AI

Posted on 30th April 2023 by NomadWarMachine

It’s been far too long since I got out my supplies and decided on a theme for a round of postcards, but this week we’ve set things in motion. Inspired by a MOOC type thing that some of us are … Continue reading →

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Peace cards

Posted on 26th March 2022 by NomadWarMachine

I love this postcard project – the decision to make a round of postcards – in this case prompted by our CLMOOC Postcards for Peace popup; the choice of design – this time blue and yellow with sunflowers for Ukraine; … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Postcards

Posted on 23rd May 2021 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve been thinking about sending some postcards recently, but not having a theme in mind to motivate my doodling, so this tweet from Karen was just the prompt I needed. Today’s been a dreich day, so while I’ve been watching … Continue reading →

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Bookmarks

Posted on 28th June 2020 by NomadWarMachine

I can rarely find a bookmark when I want one – I use scraps of paper, post it notes, whatever I have to hand. I remember trips to bookshops as a child, the thrill of a book token for Xmas … Continue reading →

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Summer doodles, and more

Posted on 1st July 2018 by NomadWarMachine

Hello all – how’s July for you so far? Here in Glasgow it’s hot, and I am hiding in my study looking out over our garden with berries ripening, potato plants thriving- so much promise, so much sun. But, luckily, … Continue reading →

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Postcard doodles

Posted on 31st May 2018 by NomadWarMachine

It’s been a busy month, and inevitably I’ve not done everything I planned to. But one thing that I have done over the last couple of weeks is to start doing my daily doodles on postcards. Of course, because I … Continue reading →

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Postcard questions

Posted on 15th May 2018 by NomadWarMachine

Time flies, especially recently. But today I came home to find  a card from Kevin, and that prompted me to sort through my collection and write some to CLMOOC friends. Our theme this month is questions, and as I thought … Continue reading →

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Mapvember

Posted on 31st October 2017 by NomadWarMachine

A new month, a new challenge. This was one suggested by Wendy Taleo and developed by her and others in the CLMooc collective. Inspired by Miska Fredman’s mapvember challenge during November we in CLMooc will be making some maps together. Our … Continue reading →

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