From the desk
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Currently inked pens – August 2026 (it really is this time!)
It’s time to show you the pens I’ve got inked for my scribbling throughout August. I’ve already used them enough to suss out which I’m going to enjoy and which are going to be a bit more of a challenge. That’s, basically, three that I’ll enjoy and one which I might not re-ink when it… Continue reading
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That shade of blue
We’re friends. I feel we’ve been hanging out together enough that you know you can trust me. If I sit down to write my post about the four pens I’ve got inked for August, you can be sure that’s exactly what you’ll get. I did, indeed, intend to write about my currently inked pens for… Continue reading
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Hmm, puzzling
Puzzles are something that I’ve developed a taste for since retiring. Not just any puzzles, though. I’ve found my niche. Some people love Sudoku, but to me that is just lots of numbers that have to go in some kind of order which I can rarely manage to work out. Others, in their millions, enjoy… Continue reading
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No trip to the ink well this month
I wish I was writing about a fresh batch of pen and ink combinations to suit the lovely spring days, yet somehow I’ve started the month with a surfeit of pens already inked. Although I’m ready for a change of direction I want to keep on using what I’ve got to hand and so April… Continue reading
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What to pack?
To those of us with similar obsessions, the changing seasons of life bring their own nuances to the question of what we are going to take with us, both on an everyday level and on our travels. I innocently believed that finishing the nine-to-five working life would finally remove that conundrum of fitting everything I… Continue reading
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One Onoto, two Onoto, three…
There’s a new pen hereabouts and it’s another Onoto. Are we getting bored yet? Not one bit! Let me introduce you to the Onoto Christmas Carol 2025. Onoto’s website describes this as a nickel silver pen (nickel silver is the base metal to which silver plate is applied to give EPNS – electro-plated nickel silver).… Continue reading
Pam Alison Knits 