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6KCBWDAY2 – It’s good to talk, even if only in writing

Oh, for the quiet life

I don’t know where to begin today. So much seems to have happened; I feel as though I have been bulldozed. Treacle is home. The vet rang yesterday morning to say that he seemed a little improved. They had done a quick x-ray, this time without anaesthesia. She could see that he has a large mass …

Stationery

I normally haunt The Writing Desk for my inky supplies but I stumbled across a new-to-me internet supplier recently and they offer even better value. Free postage for orders over £5 makes Bureau Direct an attractive proposition. They stock Herbin inks and also that lovely Ohto fountain pen… The reason that I find it worth …

Puzzled

We are beavering away at the puzzles in every free moment that we have. Yesterday we solved one over morning coffee and the second in odd moments between then and lunch. The hints for yesterday’s unsolved pair have not helped us today. So far today’s puzzles are proving largely intractable, though I can report one solved before lunchtime. …

Mail Call

Many good things in today’s morning post, not least of them a new fountain pen

On shooting oneself in the foot

My new fountain pen arrived in the post this morning. I was very excited – until I realised that none of my cartridges would fit. It is a Lamy pen and takes a proprietary cartridge. My original intention had been to buy my pen from The Writing Desk, who currently package the pen with a …