Martha Crimson

Martha’s Random Thoughts

Assorted texts from a nerd dinosaur

  • Home is where the hearth is

    This is the fifth and last post in my blog series about building a real life moving castle. I’ve interwoven this text with pictures and videos – they’re there to deepen the subject. The text is written as a standalone, so you can skip them if you like. The design, especially interior design, is the […]

  • Now you’re thinking with portals – the travel door

    This is the fourth post in my blog series about building a real life moving castle. I’ve interwoven this text with videos – they’re there to deepen the subject. The text is written as a standalone, so you can skip them if you like. This one I won’t build into my own walking castle, because […]

  • One step at a time to get a leg up – the castle walk

    This is the third post in my blog series about building a real life moving castle. I’ve interwoven this text with videos – they’re there to deepen the subject. The text is written as a standalone, so you can skip them if you like. What is the difference between a real life moving castle and […]

  • The Calcifer Drive

    This is the second post in my blog series about building a real life moving castle. I’ve interwoven this text with videos – they’re there to deepen the subject. The text is written as a standalone, so you can skip them if you like. Howl’s Moving Castle (the movie) doesn’t have enough room to fully […]

  • Building a real life moving castle – the mundane part

    A few weeks ago I put up a silly poll on Mastodon; “Let’s say someone actually builds a walking castle – what will be their biggest challenge?” The polling alternatives, and the results, were -The Calcifer drive 8%-The castlewalk 31%-The travel door 31%-Exterior/interior design 31% While the poll was on a whim, I didn’t pull […]