From the desk
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All these notebooks
This post has been inspired by comments from two lovely friends: Alex W. in the ‘real world’ who mentioned notebook fetishes when she visisted and saw this bureau, and blog-friend ReginaMary who asked in the comments on Friday’s post if I have a separate use for each of my planners and how I keep it… Continue reading
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A day of fountain pens
It’s Fountain Pen Day! I’ll be celebrating by using my fountain pens, but I do that every day so I may not notice a lot of difference. Happily, every day is Fountain Pen Day chez PamAlison. When I looked up from my knitting and noticed this particular celebratory day was looming, I naturally started to… Continue reading
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Suddenly November

Since last week was quiet chez PamAlison, I’ve started working on my 2021 planner set-up. As you may recall, I’m going to use my A5 Filofax Original planner with the slightly narrower than A5 week to view pages from The Stamford Notebook Company (my initial thoughts on these inserts can be seen here). When I… Continue reading
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A day off
As this has been a week where I feel like my head has been on holiday and I haven’t anything to write about, I’m just going to offer a photo of yesterday’s sunrise and some fitting words from Roy Wood in his days with The Electric Light Orchestra. Night turns into gold so the tide… Continue reading
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Proof of the pudding

Ah, just as I thought – eliminating the gapping of the button-band has turned this garment into something I want to wear, at least with skirts and probably with reasonably roomy trousers. It does not look flattering with my jeans, but then that’s what my Helsinki jumper is for! So, at last, a photo of… Continue reading
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A posting dissenter
There are more similarities between fountain pen users and knitters than you might think and one of the main ones is that, being human, we each develop strong beliefs about the ‘right’ way to undertake our hobby. In the knitting world you have the camps who like to knit items from the top down and… Continue reading
