A blog about writing, sketching, running and other things
This week’s long run was my first after another bout of sickness. Ran just 6k and had a bit of a tough time with it, since I’m still coughing and I had to stop a few times to catch my breath.
That did allow me to take a few photos of a pied kingfisher fishing, and some little egrets chasing each other on the shore:
As usual, the only run that you’ll regret is the one that you didn’t take.
I love going to flea markets and rummaging for old things, particularly boxes to store stuff like notebooks and pencils, and old office supplies, which are oftentimes elaborately decorated and over engineered.
Three of my latest finds include an old army oxygen mask box, which I am using to store my used notebooks in:
An old wooden box that is currently empty, but will house my Blackwing Volumes pencils, I think:
And a byzantine looking stapler, which is completely non functional (doesn’t accept modern staples), but was too wacky to leave behind:
Black smudges on the right are from transfers (hadn’t gotten used to the drying times on this pen). Done in about 3 minutes, with a low grade fever, while I was waiting for my takeaway.
Quick (yet challenging) morning sketch on the bus to work.
It was relatively breezy and it drizzled during most of today’s long run, but that just made for a refreshingly interesting run.
Check out these waves. There was a surfing competition going on, which was befitting these 3.5 meter waves.
Things were calmer in the park:
A very nice 8k run. I’m easing myself back to longer distances, and as I got pretty tired near the end, I’ll stick to my original plan and run another 8k next weekend before pushing up to 9 and 10k.
I tried one of the NTC app’s new post run workouts, and it was very nice, and brought me up to 100 workouts completed as an added little bonus.
I’m not a cooked (Shu) Puer person normally, but this aged cake that I got from the Chinese Tea Company in London is a joy to drink.
My gongfu setup waiting for the water to boil:
My very happy tea pet:
The brew – dark and delicious.
A quick sketch on a Moleskine Star Wars Limited Edition plain paper with a Waterman Phileas fountain pen (Extra Fine) filled with Colorverse Selectron pigment ink. I thought I’d test how Moleskine friendly the new Colorverse Selectron ink is (it is), while also creating a farewell sketch to my old headphones.
Just discovered a giant plot hole that I somehow missed on my second draft. Now back to pen and paper to try to figure it out. At least I can use pens and ink and paper that I love…
Writing at Large 