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Kobo ereader hung from a maroon backpack with a hand holding a knitting project.

Living my best commuting life.
#kobo
#wmata
#knitsky

I’ve only ever used an egg (or anything else round-ish and smooth) and scrap yarn. That’s worked out pretty well so far for me.

A brown booted foot with the edge of a light blue hand knit sock peeking out at the calf.

The first “boot day” of fall. When I inevitably remember how many socks I’d intended to darn over the summer.
#handknitsox
#knitsky

I think that’s part of the trust. But… I don’t read “groundbreaking” fiction, as a rule.

The instructor said ending on the climax is generally not a satisfying experience for the reader because nothing is resolved. My response (to the class chat) was “as a reader, that’s the agreement between me and the author/publisher - you get my time/money, I get a satisfying story”.

I was in a writing class yesterday and one of the other participants said “but why do we neeeeeed to use the three act structure? Why can’t I end on the climax?”

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Alternative title for this “daylist” playlist automatically generated by Spotify that don’t make me feel elderly- Seminal Tracks from Movies.

Shots fired, Spotify.

Collection of postcards and cards, some sealed with a wax seal.

Lots of outgoing mail for Monday.
#handwritten
#snailmail

After a decade of travelers notebook style bullet journaling (I used a hobonichi cousin in 24 and a kinbor (hobonichi knockoff) this year. As someone else said, it reduced friction for me. Mine are very bare bones, with some sketches and paintings. I’m switching back to travelers notebook for 26.

I mean. I could do as much damage with a pen or pencil as I could with a knitting needle or a knife. Not me personally, you understand. But someone with the required knowledge.

🤷🏻‍♀️

For serious, mine doesn’t like double decker busses?! I hope they choose right when I get to the fountain pen.

Well that sucks considering my kids’ school district manages all the student access via chrome. I wonder if they can toggle it off at the admin level.

Collection of fountain pens in a case, stuck in an airplane seat back pocket.

Nibs up!
#fountainpens

Kobo ereader propped on an airplane seat back. Foreground is a left hand holding the beginning of sock knitting.

Air travel at its finest.
#knitsky
#booksky

Please tell me more about the location of the bookshop side by side with the pen shop.

I have A Bloomy Head as a purchased ebook, I’d love if you pass that copy along to someone you think might enjoy it.

I’ve also read Heated Rivalry. I generally have a “one book per author per month” rule, lest I burn out on an authors writing style, so it’s slow going through her catalogue. Something about The Shots You Take hit me just right, I think it had to do with the fact that they’re older characters.

The shading on that green is gorgeous!

BOOKS Highest Rated Reads @raxxg's August 2025 Wrap-Up PAGES 3,392 A BLOOMY HEAD HOURS 8.52 J WINTER BUTTER 5.0 PS: *I Hate You LAUREN CONNOLLY Two exes. fight destinations. love travels fast.... 5.0 AV. RATING 4.0 THE SHOTS YOU TAKE RACHEL 5.0 Average book length: 317 pages Average time to finish: 5 days Romance Contemporary Science Fiction LGBTQIA+ Sports fiction (100%) Compared to July... Books + 22% 2 Pages + 22% 4 6 No. of books Hours + 56% 8 10 Plus 400 Pages read/Minutes listened 300 200 100 • Pages read Day - Minutes listened digital (55%) • print (27%) • audio (18%) IN THE STORY GRAPH

It felt like a slow reading month, but the stats say it was average.
#booksky

lol I was too focused on the pen nib to pay any attention to his thumb. Gross.

Yeah, but what is happening with the nib on that one?

Foreground, mass of gray/green knitting. Background a iPad in a keyboard case with a marked up knitting pattern on the screen. A kobo ereader with a page turner attachment is propped against the iPad.

I can think of no more perfect way to spend an early Sunday morning in a hotel than knitting and reading A Bloomy Head in a sunbeam.
#knitsky
#booksky
#abloomyhead

I got a preppy with blue ink as a promo the other day and I’ve really been enjoying it!

Sketch of a cityscape on a planner page from August 6. Green Sailor fude fountain pen lays on top of the planner.

Really enjoying doodling with the fude nib and Colorverse permanent black ink.
#fountainpen
#dailydoodle

lol. Hilarious because it’s four pictures.

The US Capital

A fountain about quarter mile south of the US Capital.

An encampment dedicated to impeachment and conviction of Donald Trump outside Union Station DC.

Sometimes I go for a run when I get to my office in the mornings. A triptych.
#dc

I started watching it with my 11 year old a few days ago, but we haven’t been able to find time to finish it.

Large collection of items on a black table. Pen magazine on the left, a sewn fish drawstring bag, a collection of ink sample vials, bottled ink, a glass dip pen, two business cards, and a notebook open to a mostly open spread with a pen resting on top.

Last night’s post Washington Pen Super Show spread. Bought more ink than I was planning to, but otherwise stayed on target.

#dcpenshow
#fountainpens

It’s a big fountain pen show every year.