From the desk
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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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It’s all about the paper
The thing about the planner community is that our photography can, at times, tend to focus on the externals whereas, of course, what actually matters is the paper inside the cover. I’m not saying that the cover isn’t important, it is. We choose our covers to convey, to ourselves as well as to the outside… Continue reading
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Nothing to write home about
It’s a funny thing, having nothing to write a blog post about, knowing it doesn’t matter, that it’s counter-productive to force it, but not quite being able to set aside the desire to write. I’ve been trying to decide which ink I should use on my main planner pages throughout March which is the month… Continue reading
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Metal Rat doffs his hat
The Year of the Rat has ended and not a moment too soon. When it started, Covid-19 was a mere rumour shrouded in mist, and I was blithely ignoring the suggestion that the first reappearance of the Metal Rat since the year of my birth was unlikely to turn out well. (You can read last… Continue reading
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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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Out of hibernation
I don’t usually feel the desire to hibernate during winter, but this year that’s exactly what I’ve been doing. I stepped away from a lot of my normal activities during December and the first half of January: knitting, writing, exercising have all gone by the board. I’ve mainly been eating and working on my cushion… Continue reading
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