I didn't altogether get to grips with April, and it was quite a relief to get to the 30th, write the F Scott Fitzgerald quote that always haunts me as April ends, and move on into May. I didn't love my pen and ink choices for the month, but I'm not sure that anything else…
I feel a need to express some pen love this sunny, spring day. "Maybe I didn't treat you quite as good as I should haveMaybe I didn't love you quite as often as I could have"Always on my mind Wayne Carson/Johnny Christopher/Mark James I hope that I don't mistreat my pens, but I think I…
There has been a market in my home city for nigh-on one thousand years and it has a permanent home nestled on one of the main pedestrianised streets, in the shadow of our City Hall. As well as being a part of the living city, in many ways it lies at the heart of commercial…
March was very much a workhorse month for me on the planning front. I used what I've got, got into the new archiving routine, and dreamed more than a little about the future. My Filofax, the personal-sized Holborn, continues to do sterling work as my everyday companion. I worry that I haven't entirely committed to…
It's been such a long time since I last wrote about my knitting so we're overdue an update. Overall, progress has been slow, but it's picked up again recently, and I'm pleased with how things are going. The main item on my needles is the commission knit for my friend - her American-themed cardigan. I…
With pretty planners all in a row, my dear During the course of February, I took a deep dive into planner comparisons to determine the logistics of what I laughingly call my "everyday carry". As you will know if you read my previous post "The best of both worlds", I came down resoundingly on the…
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