I really enjoy using the Postcrossing service and I’ve received some lovely messages

Occasionally recipient’s profiles are overly prescriptive in what they do/don’t want sent to them. That takes a little of the pleasure away because I feel I have less freedom and may disappoint them with my choices

Sheltering from the rain with a new book. And a pint of Loch Leven King Slayer.

Seen in Edinburgh

What was going through my mind last weekend when I said this in my sleep?

“It’s a long way to zero trail trail It’s a long way to where the buses go”

I am really enjoying discovering music through the Radioooo app.

My favourite ‘taxi’ is fast, slow, or weird music from every country and all decades except the 80s and 90s.

Letting the mop dry in the sun today. That’s how I get my kicks these days.

New order just arrived. I love the graphic design of so many tinned fish products.

Booking a driving test in the UK is like trying to get concert tickets to the biggest gig of the year. Thousands ahead of you in the queue and no chance of decent seats!

Looking forward to trying that rare thing — an affordable dram of Springbank.

Updated my ‘now’ page.

I am always struck how Mars Edit’s ‘Paste link’ command shortcut became so ingrained I now have it as a universal shortcut to create Markdown formatted links via ⇧ ⌘ A

What is the conversation that leads to two people taking up this sport?!

We bumped into lovely birdwatcher Dan on a wee stroll today. Apparently we were very lucky to see a Water Rail on the Water of Leith today.

Over on the big blog I talk about why I have been reorganising my RSS feeds to put more focus on individual voices and personal blogs than I had before.

Trying the new Current RSS reader because. Why not?

There’s a lot to like about its opinionated design choices. It’s more like a newspaper than an email inbox.

Today’s staycation adventure was to Dundee to visit the Master Animator.

I am reading about the early years of the National Socialist government establishing itself in Germany and some aspects remind me of current world affairs.

Staycation holiday visit to the art gallery to see some favourites. William Charles Bethune looks like he could have been a bit of a brute. Always good to revisit Margaritta Macdonald too.

St Nicholas raising the salted dead children back to life was a new disturbing discovery for me.

Update my ‘now’ page.

Today I am grateful for being home with my family, returning to them after a night away hospital, with my salivary gland quantity now reduced by one.

Any stationery nerds know if any of the MD-Product designs will be available outside Japan? Specifically interested in UK but maybe Europe.

Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto. I love these covers!

I have no facial hair for the first in AT LEAST 10 years and I do not recognise this face!

A fountain pen filling disaster with red ink. I look like Sweeney Todd! The kitchen resembles the barber shop too.

I think I’ve surprised myself by finding a vodka Negroni (made with good vodka natch) to be better than a gin Negroni.

In inky news, I’m surprised just how wet Iroshizuku Ku-Jaku (Teal) ink is. I had to move it down to a really fine fountain pen and it still takes the nib up a width.