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[arliss]

Out of my mind. It’s a sickness, really it is. I have more blank journals stacked up waiting to be written in And yet, I can’t resist a bahhgain. The first is a Paperblanks in the Leonardo sketches series; this one is called Sun and Moonlight (I hear Connor MacLeod murmuring, “It was a good year. The Montgolfier Brothers went up in their first balloon…”).

These two Journey notebooks, 9.25 x 6.25” were on sale half price from Exacompta. How could I resist that? The one with the leaves is called “Little Tiki Guy”,

the other is the Inuksuk image that was used as a symbol for the 2010 Winter Olympics. We saw one in the Olympic Village when we ran up to Whistler last spring.



My mind is a fearsome place that makes uncanny, random connections. And also thinks that owning ALL THE JOURNALS is a great idea. My mind needs to have a talk with my storage space and my pocketbook. Where DID I leave that willpower…?

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[arliss]

Exaclair carries the Exacompta line. So does Vickerey, but they appear to be out of the Journey notebook. I got mine at Pear Tree pens, where they are obviously phasing out old stock. I took advantage of the clearance price. I was at PTP ordering their sampler--four small vials with a sample of your choice of ink in each, for five dollars. I can use the tiny vials to mix my own colors, and try new-to-me inks without spending full price for a bottle of something I may not like.

The vials have a bonus use--rather than filling a pen from the bottle itself and possibly contaminating the whole bottle, a small amount in the deep and narrow vial works better. Works for when the level in the bottle is too low to cover the nib, as well.

Oh--the Sun and Moonlight journal is from Paperblanks. They're available at most stationers and bookstores, at Amazon, and atJenni Bick, as well as the Paperblanks site online.