My preferred method is the laptop (I…don’t know what an AlphaSmart is? But I shall rectify that with Google after I finish this post and check in up the page a bit), though I have a messenger bag that I carry around with me. I’d carry a purse, but a purse doesn’t hold a legal pad, which is my own brand of poison. I just switched from a huge yellow one, with the crinkly pages of use and tear, to a new white one that’s only slightly dinged. Don’t worry, give it time.

And Dita, your notebook sounds rather fabulous. I wonder where I can find one that pays homage to my beloved pair of black chucks (I’m getting plaid ones next)!

My notebook is one of the longest running writing jokes between me and the hubby. Shoenista that I am, I bought a beautiful notebook with a vintage high-button boot on the cover and a detail of it on the back, intricate and tasteful. That is what I thought.

I’m scribbling away one day and my husband asks to look at the cover. I show it to him. He smiles, then starts laughing. “I take it this is your…red shoe diary?” “No,” the lady did protest too much, but then it hit me. It was what it said on the tin. The boot was red and the writing was smokin’. My mind may have made the connection as I bought the thing. My clever husband certainly did. And he has kept me in those beautiful notebooks ever since.

The only thing I’m pick about are my pens. I need something with ink that glides smoothly from nib to page, and doesn’t easily smudge–for I too, am a southpaw. Thanks for the great post.

My weakness is coloured pens. I don’t care who makes them, but if I can write in any colour under the sun when the mood strikes I’m in. Of course, I’ve also developed an unhealthy fondness for Japanese pens, especially the ones Pilot makes for the Japanese market.