Author Archives: NomadWarMachine

Silent Sunday

112/365 Mugdock Castle flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

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Death by Meetings

Busy work flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license My institution has an obsession with meetings. People humble brag about how busy they are, counting the amount of meetings in their calendars as evidence of their … Continue reading

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Turner and the Dragon

Today is St George’s Day, and today’s Daily Create celebrates that and asks us to “make some art to celebrate this auspicious day”. April 23rd is also Turner’s birthday, and I wanted to make something to mix these two days … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday

106/365 Through the round window (view from the Senate Room) flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

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My blogging journey

I started my blog on 17th July 2012, originally as a WordPress.com hosted site. I blogged sporadically about conferences I’d attended, bits of philosophy that interested me (at the time I was a tutor in Philosophy as well as a … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday

97/365 Mugdock flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

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100 days of 2025

One hundred days, a photo a day. Taking a daily photo reminds me to stop and look at my surroundings. Sometimes I take a bunch of photos and find it hard to choose just one, other days I only remember … Continue reading

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Violets

Violets flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license Violets always remind me of my mother in law Morag. They used to grow all over her garden in Bearsden and her gardener would weed them out. Morag … Continue reading

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Antonine Wall: Bearsden Bath House

I’ve driven past the Roman Baths in Bearsden so many times, but yesterday was the first time I’d ever stopped near it. So yesterday, when we went to visit N’s mum in her care home on Roman Rd, we wandered … Continue reading

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Silent Sunday

Heron flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license

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