I know its a little late in the month to talk about my planner set-up but with the long weekend and my impending trip to Portland for the PNW Pen Show, things have been a little topsy turvy. This month, I built another mermaid theme for the Patrons and myself. I feel like no…
Once again, my R2 unit and I will be heading across the country. This time, we are visiting Portland for the Pacific Northwest Pen Show and to help Dromgoole’s sell lots of ink, pens, paper and stationery. I don’t arrive to PDX until 7pm on Friday so look for me bright and early Saturday morning…
It’s July already and we are halfway through 2026. So, I thought it would be a good time to stop and evaluate my current journal/planner/notebook set-up in an official Techo Kaigi (stationery meeting). I started the year with a B6 Aura Estelle Daily (5053), a Mark’s EDiT B7 semi, a Creeping Moon B6 Tarot Journal,…
Last week, I saw this in the Substack newsletter published by Greta Johnsen. In the spirit of abundance and also fatigue, I have a question for you this week: what can you take off your plate? Are you doing something you “have” to do that you could actually let go of? Does the idea of…
Inspired by a post on Inky Imaginings, I decided to accept the challenge and pick the 10 fountain pens I’d keep. I’m glad I didn’t have to include non-fountain pens in this list. This was a fun adventure and it was interesting to see that, for the most part, I picked similar pens from the…
I live in the middle of the country so I seldom see the sea. To make up for this, I spend July in my “mermaid month”. I seek out art, films, books, colors and anything else that feels like ocean breezes, sand dunes and salty hair. Patrons received printables for this month filled with this…
The Trip We are back from the St. Louis Pen Show and we had a great time. I taught sooo many classes, Bob met so many people at the table and we ate soooo much good food. We got to spend time with friends and make lots of new ones too. While the St. Louis…
