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If The River Could Speak⤴

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UofG Tower from the bridge over the Kelvin
UofG Tower from the bridge over the Kelvin flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Today’s TDC says

One of the options on the Write Out 2026 Choice Board is a prompt to consider the voice of a river. You can learn more about the prompt — including a walk through an urban block by Amanda Eke of The Poet Speaks and Puerto Rican poet and educator Mario José Pagán Morales here. 

Think of a waterway near you or one that have visited. What would it say if it could speak? What memories might it hold? What wishes?

I chose the River Kelvin, and this is the poem she dictated to me:

The River Kelvin

I meander south
Then wander west
My sisters join me as I flow
Then, hearing a familiar voice
I rush south, as fast as I can
Down past an ancient seat of learning
(Though not as ancient as I!)
And join my mother Clyde to journey on together

Six Word Story⤴

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Rain
Rain flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA 2.0) license

Today’s TDC says

Where do YOU stand? Share a six-word story about your place or location (and maybe we can even guess where it is?!) Feel free to add art or be creative with your six word story.

I wrote one about the city I call home:

Rain always near: dear green place

The image at the top is taken through my study window looking out at my garden on a typical Glasgow morning

3-30-300 rule⤴

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During the month of August I will be participating in Blaugust, a month long blogging challenge.

Glasgow is called Dear Green Place, and looking around where I live in the suburbs you can see why. Today’s TDC says that:

3-30-300 is an urban forestry concept which states that every resident should be able to see at least 3 mature trees from their home, live in a neighbourhood with at least 30% tree canopy cover, and be within 300 metres of a high-quality green space. Make a version of this rule for an online community, or show us an example of it from where you live.

Here’s the view from my bedroom window this morning – so many trees – apple, plum, lilac, rowan. Yesterday I counted 14 sparrows sitting on a branch on one of them. Sitting here in my study on a drizzly day I everything looks green through the window and the berries on the rowans are gleaming.

Garden trees
Garden trees flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Three happy things⤴

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For today’s TDC, 3 things that made me happy this week. Walking around my city and seeing this banner, drinking butterfly pea flower tea (which is deep blue and goes purple when lemon is added), and my lovely Lacey cat.

Three happy things
Three happy things flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Mimetic Architecture⤴

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Today’s TDC  reminded me of a game a friend and I set for conference back in 2020. We were due to hold it in Glasgow, but pandemic restrictions moved it online. So instead of giving our attendees a guided tour of our city, we sent our conference mascot, Hamish the Coo (knitted by me) on a virtual tour. Here he is outside the Armadillo.

Hamish Armadillo
Hamish Armadillo flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA 2.0) license

Glasgow Maps⤴

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Maps of Glasgow created for TDC4143 with this Minimalist city map posters maker

Glasgow Map (Autumn Filter)
Glasgow Map (Autumn Filter) flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Glasgow Map (Copper Patina Filter)
Glasgow Map (Copper Patina Filter) flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Glasgow Map (Neon Cyberpunk filter)
Glasgow Map (Neon Cyberpunk filter) flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license