From the desk
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London Pen Show Pt II
Here we are with part two of my London Pen Show recap. This time I’m going to talk about my new Waterman Exception, the pen which I’ve had on my wish-list for a long time but always seemed out of my reach. This is a super pen with some great design features, most notably the… Continue reading
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London Pen Show 2022 Pt 1
Hot on the heels of my visit to the Knitting and Stitching Show came the London Pen Show. This was my first time attending the event and even watching the excellent videos that Penultimate Dave produces after each show didn’t quite prepare me for it. The location was perfect, with the Novotel Hammersmith being an… Continue reading
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So I bought an iguana
With the London Fountain Pen Show coming up in a few weeks, a new addition to my fountain pen collection couldn’t have been further from my mind in the first balmy days of September. Yet this stunning little pocket pen, my very first Kaweco, stole my heart and had me flinging my money around without… Continue reading
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This time it’s personal
Okay, I succumbed and set up the Personal sized Filofax. Once I had decided that I needed to inject some new life into my wool collection, it seemed obvious that the same was true of my planner. Perhaps I need to embrace my indecision and keep my options open? Perhaps I need to be able… Continue reading
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Boredom may lead to…
I’ve come to the conclusion that my ongoing planner/diary perigrinations, cerebral though they remain, stem from boredom as much as anything else. I’m bored, therefore I want a change, but I have sound arguments against all the changes I can conjure, thus I stay where I am, which makes me feel more bored. It’s the… Continue reading
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Journal changeover
Last week the time came to swap into my new journal and what a relief it was. I didn’t enjoy using the Silvine exercise book for my morning journal sessions anywhere near as much as I’d expected to when I started it. That feeling wasn’t helped by my purchase of a pretty hard-bound journal when… Continue reading
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