Tag Archives: #blogging4life

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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Flood Of Words

Posted on 24th October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

#4life flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license Today’s TDC asks to choose a word and use this word flood generator to make an image. Here’s mine – the TDC is #4life

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In The Garden Of Night

Posted on 22nd October 2025 by NomadWarMachine

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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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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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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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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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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Seven months of daily photos

Posted on 2nd August 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Seven months of daily photos, one for each day of the year.

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Listening AND doing

Posted on 23rd July 2025 by NomadWarMachine

Image from Wikimedia Recently I’ve been over-exposed to the picture above. I’ve been to a slew of talks and presentations where well-meaning people have used this picture on  slide and told me that lectures are outdated and all the best … Continue reading →

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How to tell a story

Posted on 21st July 2025 by NomadWarMachine

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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