From the desk
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A5 Filofax update – 135 days later
It’s time to revisit my Filofax setup and capture some thoughts on the A5 size now that I’ve been using it for a few months. What have I liked? What have I disliked? Does it still suit my purpose, is it time to change up a few elements, perhaps even take a more drastic course… Continue reading
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Hitting the bottle
It’s okay, your narrator hasn’t plumbed the depths yet. The bottles I’m going to talk about are filled with ink, not gin. I thought it might be fun to explore which bits of my personality are drawn to the different ink bottles that I own. When I see my, admittedly limited, collection it strikes me… Continue reading
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Think ink
I know it’s modest in comparison to many an ink stash, but the fact is my inks are getting out of hand. How much of any given thing is too much is a purely personal thing. I recently saw a photo on Instagram showing a vast Diamine ink order. The lady unpacking it mentioned that… Continue reading
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A lot to like
Aware that I suffered a fit of damning with faint praise when I wrote about the Cross Bailey Light fountain pen on Friday, today I’m going to be more enthusiastic about Filofax’s new decorative accessories. Over the past month four Collections have launched – the Garden Collection, the Indigo Collection, the Confetti Collection and, most… Continue reading
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This old thing?
I’ve been keeping this pen under wraps since I bought it back in November and I hadn’t really intended to write about it. However, the mood has gripped me and it ties into a wider discourse about the fountain pens I buy, so here we are. That’s pretty much exactly what I think about this… Continue reading
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Every day’s a school day
I was pretending again on Friday, but there’s a lot to be learned through playing make-believe. On the most practical level, I pretended to be at the coffee shop, lapping up the ambient noise, with my laptop and my cereal bar and my Espresso House coffee flask providing those Scandinavian coffee chain vibes. It wasn’t… Continue reading
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