Category Archives: DS106

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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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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Starry Night

Today is Vincent van Gogh’s birthday, and the Daily Create asks us to create art appropriate for a birthday card. I began with a sunflower I’d drawn sunflower flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license And … Continue reading

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Boundaries

Yesterday’s Daily Create was about boundaries, and I was thinking about what my response would be as I was walking up to a Uni meeting yesterday morning. First, as I got off the bus and started walking up the path, … Continue reading

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I love …

Inspired by today’s Daily Create based on Kim Douillard’s blog post. I love. I love to sit and knit on a winter evenings, sitting on the sofa in front of the TV, with my legs wrapped up in a Shetland … Continue reading

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Eliza

Eliza flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license I first came across Eliza in 1980, when an uncle gave my dad Gödel, Escher, Bach for Christmas. Dad loved it, and so did I when I read … Continue reading

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Open Education Remixers

This week, as part of Open Education Week 2025, I’m joining in with all of the remixes thanks to the wonderful Bryan Mathers and his remix machine and OEGlobal. First a ‘hello‘ activity, to make a badge. I made two … Continue reading

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Change the record!

Sometimes I don’t know how I am feeling until something happens to shift my mood. Like this morning. I had Radio Four on in the background, as I often do, when I muted it to listen to the song linked … Continue reading

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Twisting the Kaleidoscope

Today’s Daily Create asks us to Imagine you find a kaleidoscope. You put it up to your eye, and point it to the sky. You twist it into the light. What do you see? Use either story or poem or … Continue reading

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Blogging Questions Challenge

Nobody’s asked me, but that’s never stopped me from having an opinion, so here goes. Why did you start blogging in the first place? I feel that I should say something deep or profound, but actually I can’t remember. I … Continue reading

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