From the desk
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New pen day
It’s new pen day! Well, technically speaking it was new pen day on Tuesday, and I’ve had the pen in my possession – packed away so as to not tempt fate – since July 13th. However, this is its first official outing, so it counts as new pen day in my books. This latest addition… Continue reading
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Retrograde
If I were to write horoscopes, I’d fill them with real-world advice. “As Mercury opposes Saturn, be wary spillage when you open ink bottles.” “With Pluto in your fourth house, you will unpick many more stitches than you knit.” “50% of planets are retrograde now; you will be incapable of anything more advanced than reading… Continue reading
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Wandering off the track
Another churchyard railing with another waterfall of blooms – this time delving back in history to the early years of this century and the magnificent Wisteria at St Giles Church. This church was a regular sight to me as it was on the route between my old flat and the city centre. Now, however, I… Continue reading
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Deck the page
Let me take you back to the last time I wrote, strategically glossing over a couple of missed posting opportunities, and remind you that I mentioned incorporating some daily intentions pages into my Filofax setup. Well, now that I’ve been using them for a week I reckon it’s high time to give a bit more… Continue reading
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Wonderful weeks
My plan for today was to talk about how and why I plan my life in weekly segments, although I could simply say “because it makes sense” and go and do my knitting instead (don’t you go thinking that I’m not tempted). I have been reflecting on the fact that, over the course of many… Continue reading
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Creeping in
Isn’t it strange how things can find the chinks in your armour and before you know it come creeping into your affections? Take this Graf von Faber-Castell Gulf Blue ink, for example. After my first try it was easy to dismiss the shade as too wishy-washy, utterly failing to hit the jewel-bright tone I favour.… Continue reading
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