Nim's Island

All about Nimue

Nimue is the name of my child-to-be, due to be born on 16th August 2021.

She has no siblings, and will be of mixed heritage (British, Mexican, Spanish, with hints of Italian and suspected Swedish). She is likely to have dark hair, but she could have red hair like her mother and grandmother! She will likely have brown eyes.

Nimue's name is inspired by the story of the Lady of the Lake, from Arthurian legend.

"Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!"

"Be quiet!"

"I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

book cover 'Nim's Island' is also the name of a children's book (and film) with a pretty cool protagonist! So we like to think Nimue has some good namesakes.

'Nim's Island' by Wendy Orr

'A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim–a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she’s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her alone on their island.

Besides, it’s not as if no one’s looking after her–she’s got a sea lion to mother her and an iguana for comic relief. She also has an interesting new e-mail pal. But when her father’s cell-phone calls stop coming and disaster seems near, Nim has to be stronger and braver than she’s ever been before.

And she’ll need all her friends to help her.'
_{Book Synopsis from Penguin Random House}