tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post6140040336664410562..comments2023-05-16T04:53:13.791-07:00Comments on Little Flower Petals: Horses for CoursesElizabeth H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09161162407130146871noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-29125882784627386102014-02-17T08:56:52.272-08:002014-02-17T08:56:52.272-08:00Interesting comments, all! I particularly like Spe...Interesting comments, all! I particularly like Speculator's comments on keeping different journals with different writing instruments. I have a feeling this is where I'm headed: lately I've been using Field Notes(and pencil) for records of my <a href="http://littleflowerpetals.blogspot.com/2013/01/three-good-things.html" rel="nofollow">"three good things"</a> and basic daily doings and facts to remember later, and reserving a larger comp book (currently in fountain pen) for more meandering thought exploration or venting. I used to bunch the two together, but it made parsing out what-happened-that-day difficult if I wanted to look back.<br /><br />And for fiction, I can go either way, but currently that's pencil.Elizabeth H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09161162407130146871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-67207083138402216912014-02-16T06:47:01.613-08:002014-02-16T06:47:01.613-08:00My addition to these great comments is that I'...My addition to these great comments is that I've regularly kept 3 parallel journals for years: <br />* A pocketable book for idea-jottings, always in pencil (my blog is named after these little notebooks).<br /><br />* A sturdy, hardcovered book (<i>always</i> unruled) for developing and elaborating thoughts into paragraphs; this is always in either fountain pen or pen&ink (with a dip pen).<br /><br />* A disc-bound looseleaf notebook for typewriter use. This is my favorite means for stream-of-consciousness journaling. <br /><br />Golly, I guess all the tools remain in circulation that way! speculatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726065482584166028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-29941304842697345782014-02-15T20:40:04.011-08:002014-02-15T20:40:04.011-08:00Among my pencils, I have decided favorites, but I ...Among my pencils, I have decided favorites, but I switch up pretty often just so I can pretend I need all these damned pencils.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-25450864046919792712014-02-15T14:54:00.491-08:002014-02-15T14:54:00.491-08:00I tend to change from pencil to a fountain pen. I...I tend to change from pencil to a fountain pen. I seldom use a gel or ballpoint unless I need non-washable ink. I've yet to get a bottle of Noodler's. Once I do I think any gel writers will go. <br /><br />I prefer a fountain pen when I am copying Morse Code. Can't get any smoother than a good fountain pen. <br /><br />At work I use pencil 90% of the time due to the fact I can't mark prints and programs in pen; nobody can. I do use a fountain pen for notes, black ink for white paper and blue for the yellow legal pads.<br /><br />I even have the only typewriter in the entire building, Royal Signet from 1932 or 33.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36092055.post-31258270175104895682014-02-15T07:26:38.704-08:002014-02-15T07:26:38.704-08:00I gravitate toward fountain pen in composition boo...I gravitate toward fountain pen in composition book, with a red ballpoint pen for corrects, for when I'm writing something semi-serious. For miscellaneous note-taking, I do like a wood pencil, which I keep on my desk mounted in a portable pencil sharpener, as a sort of pencil holder. And I find it harder to compose on a typewriter, unless I'm using the BAROP (or its little brother the LAROP), wherein blasting out endless reams of double-spaced type (with typos) doesn't seem so bad.Joe Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679530650280030752noreply@blogger.com