From the desk
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Full journals, empty journals
It’s time to say goodbye to the Letts of London notebooks I’ve been journalling in for the past eight months and I must say they turned out to be very good books indeed. The paper was decent quality, perhaps not so keen on heavy layers of ink, but then I didn’t expect or need it… Continue reading
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Blue inks for grey-sky days
I ended up choosing a cohort of blue inks for June, which may have been a mistake as the sky now seems to think that it doesn’t need to contribute any blue to the month at all. A monochromatic month may seem a trifle boring, but it suits me because I can’t seem to get… Continue reading
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June 2024 – What’s the plan, Pam?
We are heading towards the middle of the year and, somewhere out in the void, things are stirring. The year was nothing more than potential to start with: a cloud of dust, thick in places, almost transparent in others, swirling its way through space. Then, slowly, the dust coalesced and thin strips of thought shone… Continue reading
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May 2024: What’s the plan, Pam?
I didn’t altogether get to grips with April, and it was quite a relief to get to the 30th, write the F Scott Fitzgerald quote that always haunts me as April ends, and move on into May. I didn’t love my pen and ink choices for the month, but I’m not sure that anything else… Continue reading
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Pens are always on my mind
I feel a need to express some pen love this sunny, spring day. “Maybe I didn’t treat you quite as good as I should haveMaybe I didn’t love you quite as often as I could have”Always on my mind Wayne Carson/Johnny Christopher/Mark James I hope that I don’t mistreat my pens, but I think I… Continue reading
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April 2024: What’s the plan, Pam?
March was very much a workhorse month for me on the planning front. I used what I’ve got, got into the new archiving routine, and dreamed more than a little about the future. My Filofax, the personal-sized Holborn, continues to do sterling work as my everyday companion. I worry that I haven’t entirely committed to… Continue reading
Pam Alison Knits 