Category Archives: postcards

Busy Bees

Posted on 13th September 2025 by NomadWarMachine

248/365 Busy bees flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license I love making postcards.  Doodling ideas on paper, then drawing them on blank cards, looking through my spreadsheet of names and addresses, writing a … Continue reading →

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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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