daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
For my next notebook to fill with Morning Pages, I will use this small A6-size journal that I bought from Muji in New York City several years ago. It’s so nice to be able to use these for a nice purpose.
I’m still enjoying writing my morning pages every day. I’m about halfway through this notebook (it’s a thick one from Daiso) and I have been using Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun “Winter Shogun” ink in my Lamy Safari broad nib fountain pen. It’s a light cool grey color and so beautiful. Highly recommended!
Two additions to my stationery aresenal: Fuyu-Syogun ink and a Kakuno EF nib fountain pen. I’ve come to the conclusion that my Pilot Metropolitan fountain pens are my favorite and most comfortable for writing my Morning Pages, but I wanted to try out an EF (extra-fine) nib. It isn’t available on the Metropolitan body, but fortunately can be found on the Kakuno line of pens, whose nibs are interchangeable with the Metropolitans. I can’t wait to try out the EF nib… but not sure if I will swap it out onto a Metropolitan just yet…
I also bought some grey fountain pen ink, which I’ve wanted for a long time. I loaded up my broad-nib Lamy Safari with the ink and it looks fantastic! Subtle and sophisticated, but also kind of playful. I love it so much!
I have many notebooks with empty pages in them, but that number went down by one!
My new notebook is actually one I had used before, but only filled about 20%. Looking at the old notes, it appears I stopped writing in it in maybe 2018… so there’s quite a gap! But that’s fine.
Actually, I kind of like that this notebook will be a mix. Notebooks are not meant to be perfect.
On the right side of the photo are my three go-to pens, including my newest pen, the Pearl White Pilot Cavalier. I love it so much! It writes smoothly, is slim yet comfortable, and the color is beautiful.
On the left side of the notebook are a bunch of disassembled pens which I just cleaned and will give away. Most are inexpensive Jinhao pens which are fine, but they just don’t spark joy for me. The Sailor Fude (gold) is one that I may keep because the nib is unique in my collection, but the rest I will be saying goodbye to. Thank you for your service!
