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Topic
Writing
A collection of 128 issues
The Well Appointed Desk - 21 pen questions
Taking a stab at the list of 21 Pen Questions from The Well Appointed Desk
1: What is the pen they'll have to pry out of your cold dead hands?
Schon Dsgn Monoc nib in a Schon Engineered Plastics Ultem full size pen. The Monoc nib is smooth
Seven books to know me better
This hashtag #7BooksToKnowMe is floating around on Mastodon (no more Twitter, yay!) and I have a whole shelf of favourite books on Goodreads. These ones I think give you a snapshot of the me you're likely to encounter on any given day. The TL;DR upfront, followed by
Old friends in verse
I've been reading poetry lately and my newest favourite is Warning by Maw Shein Win. Below are older friends, from school and old books and dusty libraries and long summer holidays, in approximate date order of writing.
The Flea by John Donne I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
Cover band names
Every once in a while you hear a phrase and think, "That would be a good band name." These are my current favourites:
1. No Visible Cow
2. Flying with Cats
3. Angry Hatstand
4. Unexploded Balm
5. Decaf Piranha
6. Teacup Hierarchy
7. Grumpy Old Queen
8.
Notebooks
I work in a software company, but I couldn't do my work without paper notebooks. I'm running several at once:
Five Year Diary
A gift from Paul six years ago and again last Christmas, this book from Levenger gives me five lines a day, for five
What's in a title?
Riffing off the sci-fi novel "Bowl of Heaven" with Husband, I was sad to find out the second book in the series was not "Spoon of Heaven," or "Weetabix of Heaven," because it would fit perfectly. We came up with some other novel titles
Travel lessons
Airplane travel
Some day, you and your checked luggage will be parted. Maybe for a day, maybe forever. Have enough in carry-on that you can survive a day while you get replacements for the essentials.
Medications go in carry-on bags.
If you fly more than twice a year, do the
Patience, a story in one hundred words
Rain and grains of hail bounced off her hide with a metallic ting, falling to the cobblestones below. Solidified iron draped over her crouched form, holding her in place and burning her skin every second of every day, eyes propped open, ears half-blocked, muscles aching to stretch and open her
Favourite writing tools
My TWSBI 580 fountain pen is one of my favourites. It's not the most expensive fountain pen, but it always starts well, writes smoothly, and the piston-fill ink reservoir holds a LOT of ink. It's currently filled with the original formulation of Noodler's Black