From the desk
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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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When it’s time to change ink
The week started with a blazing fanfare which revealed to me that I couldn’t spend another minute writing with the inks I’ve been using this past month. Don’t get me wrong, there was nothing inherently wrong with the inks, in many ways each was perfect for its task, I had simply hit the point where… Continue reading
