Fountain pen
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Filofax – one (plus) week in
Well, here’s what I would have written and posted last Friday if a broadband issue hadn’t offered me the chance to spend my weekend doing analogue-only things instead. I’m now one week (plus) into using my A5 Filofax Original as both my planner and journal/notebook, which seems like the ideal time to do a proper… 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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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
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Ink ’em all up
This is a departure; for October I’ve decided to ink up all of my fountain pens (except one, which we’ll come to below) and use a different one each day… within reason. I’m going to allow myself a certain degree of flexibility with that part of it. Now, some of my fountain pen friends will… Continue reading
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What I learned from the fountain pens I disliked
One of the best things about any hobby is finding things you love, adding items to your life that bring you immense pleasure. Even better is when your hobby provides you with items that you can use in your everyday life; in my case these would be knitted garments that become part of my regular… Continue reading
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