Pamela, I’m sorry I am so late to seeing your comment, it’s lovely to see your response here. What a wonderful record you are building up, I can imagine the thrill of someone down the line discovering that collection of beautifully written journals and the connection they will feel with the past. It’s a really important thing you are doing.

Also, I am a fellow fountain pen user. I have a favourite vintage pen that needs to be filled directly from the bottle. I love the fact that the ritual of filling the pen and the need to blow upon the ink to dry. I will always search my pen out before writing in my journal, an ordinary pen just doesn’t feel right.

Thank you Bonnie and yes, it’s been such a voyage of learning, I’ve really enjoyed the process and it feels like I have a new tool in my bag.

Thank you Vanessa, it’s so nice to compare notes with you. I’m really surprised that I’ve finally got the hang of this whole journalling thing but I’m so enjoying the journey and it feels like it’s helping me make sense of so much of that jumble in my head. I love that we are navigating these paths together.

Thank you so much Diana. The pink linen covered notebook is by Stamford Notebooks. I love it and I’ll definitely be ordering another. Slightly slimmer and smaller than a standard A5 and really good quality paper, you can choose from grid, dot, lined etc. I love that my fountain pen ink doesn’t bleed into it.