by P. M. Starr | Aug 4, 2023 | Curiosity, Journaling, My Experience, paper
Seven Empty Notebooks When I open the left-hand cupboard door under my mom’s TV I find a small collection of bottles of liquor: Jack Daniels, a little airplane-serving bottle of Absolut Mandarin, and twin bottles of gin, neither anywhere near close to empty. I am a...
by P. M. Starr | Jul 12, 2023 | Journaling, My Experience
There is something EXTRA special about *handwriting* a list of things you WANT to do when suddenly given a handful of days on your own in a place that is not your own. Extra anticipatory when this handwritten list is done in fountain pen. On a page in your...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 20, 2023 | Black, Fountain Pens, Inspiration, Journaling, My Desks & Tables, My Experience, Pink, Platinum, Tests & Trials, Top Flight, Wishlist
Living the dream, pleasure writing on a train. Pink Spiral notebook & Platinum Preppy fountain pen on Amtrak train tray table Living the partial dream, anyway, just on a quick (2 hour) trip in coach. The real dream would be pleasure writing in my own sleeper...
by P. M. Starr | Nov 26, 2022 | Ink, Journaling, MINE, My Experience, My Writing, Philosophy, Problems
Morning pages. Brain dumps. Stream of consciousness. This kind of journaling is supposed to be uncontrolled messy nonsense. I did that for a whole year. This year with no commitment to someone else to do it that way I’m less consistent. // blurred for privacy...
by P. M. Starr | Sep 23, 2022 | Ink, Journaling, MINE, My Collection, My Fountain Pens
All Inked Up I wrote a whole post here but then I lost it and now I am very sad about that and tired. I wrote a caption here but now it is gone And then I wrote a make-up paragraph here about how you should go to bed when you are too tired to follow your own rules you...
by P. M. Starr | Sep 12, 2022 | Journaling, My Experience, Philosophy, Technology, Wisdom
Writing for Travel Prep Taking a long day trip tomorrow via public transportation, requiring careful attention to times and locations I’ve not specifically been to in years and never by bus. caption Yes, there are all kinds of new-fangled technology tools for trip...
