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  • coffee life,  fountain pens,  haiku,  journal

    Welcoming words

    February 20, 2026
    Brown Marbled Pelikan M200 with Pelikan Edelstein Smoky Quartz ink.

    when words are welcomed
    as ink flows on blank pages
    journals take on life

    mws

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  • coffee life,  fountain pens,  journal,  poems

    Pen to Paper

    February 7, 2025

    as I put pen to paper
    at a favorite coffee shop
    sunlight slowly enters
    through the window

    spreading its warm glow
    across blank pages
    and in this spirit
    words are written

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  • coffee life,  coffee shops,  fountain pens,  journal,  silence

    This morning…

    October 10, 2024

    tired after a night of wrestling for sleep
    I settled into silence, prayer, and meditation

    ignoring the cold, I mounted my red steed for
    an invigorating bicycle ride to the arboretum

    then placed a latte made with love by Allie
    on a tabernacle at an east facing window

    with beams of sunlight enkindling blank pages
    I sought words hidden within a favorite fountain pen

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  • fountain pens,  journaling,  poems,  poetry,  writing/reading

    Voyage

    February 7, 2022

    to begin an interior voyage
    in quest of answers in life
    I place pen to paper

    searching for the right questions
    discover the answers already within
    encounter the authentic self

    ms
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  • fountain pens,  poems,  poetry,  quotes,  writing/reading

    Saying Something

    June 23, 2021

    When ink joins with pen, then blank paper can say something.

    Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks

    This is my latest pen, a Pelikan M205 in Marbled Petrol. It is a swirly teal, blue and green, translucent resin body with a black cap and finial with silver trim. I have Pelikan Aquamarine colored ink in it, which I think matches nicely with the body. As with all my fountain pens and journals I believe there are words hidden within them. It is our task to pick them up and be a part of the process to say something on blank paper.

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