Today's #MorningPages were done quite early, at my bedroom writing table, by candlelight.

Today's pen: Platinum Curidas (retractable) #FountainPens

Today's ink: "Iron Lace" (black-green) from Papier Plume's New Orleans Collection #FountainPenInks

Today's weather: Dreary, overcast, dim. Still, glad to be awake.

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#MorningPages 27 April 2026
08. Floréal honoring the Button Mushroom,
#Herb of the Day: Common Bugle • Ajuga reptans & Candytuft • Iberis amara
#Notebook Chronicle Go-To w/ Mohawk paper, dotted & Col-o-ring swatch booklet
#FountainPen Sailor horoco, F
#30inks30days Diamine Blizzard
#tarot or #OracleDeck Cat Tarot
#CardOfTheDay II of Cups - balance, harmony, peace

Yesterday's #MorningPages were done in the PM after #rollerDerby scrimmage, at Tinkermill, babysitting a 3D printing project (roller derby scenario magnets)

Pen: American Mint swag that Mom got during her "This coin collection dated from your birth year will be worth a fortune someday" phase. Writes about as well as Splash does. Nib similarly labeled "Iridium point"

Ink: A mixture of Graf von Faber-Castell's "moss green" and J. Herbin's "vert pré".

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#MorningPages 26 April 2026
07. Floréal honoring Lily of the Valley, Chernobyl Remembrance Day (actually the 25th), St. Cletus
#Herb of the Day: Cowslip • Primula veris & Ladysmock • Cardamine pratensis
#Notebook Chronicle Go-To w/ Mohawk paper, dotted & Col-o-ring swatch booklet
#FountainPen Jinhao 82 - peacock, glass nib
#30inks30days Pilot tsuki-yo
#tarot or #OracleDeck Tarot of the Cosmic Seed
#CardOfTheDay 3 of Cups - connect with your friends & support systems

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Today's pen: a vintage Sheaffer Student demonstrator

Today's ink: iroshizuku "ama-iro" (blue/teal) by Pilot

Today's weather, exterior: Changeable. Cold, then sunny and warming up, then overcast and about to rain.

Today's weather, interior: Quiet. Redolent with good home cooking. Desultory cardboard-gnawing sounds coming from the bedroom, where Holland is hiding from all the cooking.

#MorningPages 25 April 2026
06. Floréal honoring the Common Columbine, St. Mark, Robigalia, Serapia
#Herb of the Day: Clarimond Tulip • Tulipa praecox
#Notebook Chronicle Go-To w/ Mohawk paper, dotted & Col-o-ring swatch booklet
#FountainPen Sailor horoco, F
#30inks30days Colorverse Edge of Night
#tarot or #OracleDeck Mildred Payne’s Secret Pocket Oracle Deluxe Seance edition
#CardOfTheDay 14 Moon - natural cycles, lunacy, dark emotions
I've been doing #MorningPages for over a month now, and I think it's doing good things. For the 1st few weeks I thought it wasn't doing anything - especially while doing the writing. But it's not the experience at the time that's the benefit, but clearing your brain of every stray thought and feeling, that seems to lower my anxiety base-line for the day. By acknowledging fears (and writing it down makes it stick better than just thinking it through) my day seems calmer.
#MorningPages 24 April 2026
05. Floréal honoring the Nightingale, St. Mark’s Eve, Arbor Day*, Sita Navami
#Herb of the Day: Blackthorn • Prunus spinosa
#Notebook Chronicle Go-To w/ Mohawk paper, dotted & Col-o-ring swatch booklet
#FountainPen Wooden holder, Brause 50 Pfannen nib
#30inks30days Colorverse Dante’s Cosmology
#tarot or #OracleDeck Magical Spells Oracle
#CardOfTheDay Air - The Evil Eye - caution, protection, envy

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Today's pen and ink: the vintage drugstore "Splash!" pen and the iroshizuku "asa-gao".

Today's weather: Sunny, but way too windy to sit outside, so I'm writing in the back of the car while it charges.

Today's flowering tree: I have no idea what it's called but it's why the air smells like champagne in early summer around here.

Today's age: 50 precisely. Happy birthday to me!

#MorningPages 23 April 2026
04. Floréal honoring Hawthorn, Cameron b. 1922, William Shakespeare b. 1564, Vinalia Priora, Ganga Saptami, St. George
#Herb of the Day: Field Hyacinth • Hyacinthus nonscriptus & Harebell • Campanula rotundifloria
#Notebook Chronicle Go-To w/ Mohawk paper, dotted & Col-o-ring swatch booklet
#FountainPen Sailor horoco, F
#30inks30days Lamy Azurite
#tarot or #OracleDeck Hedgewitch Tarot
#CardOfTheDay 10 of Wands - rue - you are almost at the finish line; don’t give up