Fountain Pens
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The ten inkomandments
A bit of a tongue-in-cheek one to start the week: the ten commandments adapted for fountain pen fans. The fountain pen is mightier than any other writing implement. You shall not venerate the ballpoint pen. You shall not allow cheap knock-off copies of iconic fountain pens any place in your collection. You shall not speak… Continue reading
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Solid gold easy action
Okay, I stole the title for this post from T. Rex’s 1972 single because I wanted something to suit this lovely honey-gold ink, just one of four colours I ordered from The Writing Desk on Wednesday morning and which arrived with the post lady a scant 24 hours later. In these times when retailers are… Continue reading
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Filofax – one (plus) week in
Well, here’s what I would have written and posted last Friday if a broadband issue hadn’t offered me the chance to spend my weekend doing analogue-only things instead. I’m now one week (plus) into using my A5 Filofax Original as both my planner and journal/notebook, which seems like the ideal time to do a proper… Continue reading
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Technological sweet spots
I look back on the days of my Amiga computers with a fondness totally out of proportion with the capabilities or usefulness of the technology. We have come so far since then, with phones that are more powerful than our entire home computer set-ups; heck – watches that are more powerful than our entire home… Continue reading
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A new member of Clan Bluepen
Okay, so they invented this thing called Black Friday. Did you get the memo? Under normal circumstances I wouldn’t be drawn in, but apparently 2020 is not a normal year. You got that memo, right? Anyway, Black Friday… invented… not my type of thing… then I watched this video on YouTube wherein some bloke had… Continue reading
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A day of fountain pens
It’s Fountain Pen Day! I’ll be celebrating by using my fountain pens, but I do that every day so I may not notice a lot of difference. Happily, every day is Fountain Pen Day chez PamAlison. When I looked up from my knitting and noticed this particular celebratory day was looming, I naturally started to… Continue reading
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