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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 08/09/2026

My every day carry is the Pilot Cavalier. Trim and elegant, writes beautifully with an excellent feel. Even the click of the cap when you close it is satisfying.

Pilot Cavalier fountain pen lying on top of a note pad

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 08/09/2026

Write in cursive on paper using a fountain pen. Not only do these leave no digital exhaust and baffle the machines, they make one happy.

A letter y written in cursive on lined paper

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 30/08/2026

The best part of an otherwise forgettable show. ("Hello poppet.")

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 24/08/2026

Live on the edge. My pies are worth the risk.

Steam rising from an apple pie in a red ceramic pie pan.

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 17/08/2026

The birds were ruining the tomatoes before they could ripen. Countermeasures deployed.

Tomato plants with green tomatoes enclosed in fine-mesh bags.

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 15/08/2026

I deeply wish there were a place nearby that sold a good cinnamon roll. Alas.

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 10/08/2026

The lanternfly population has spiked in the vineyard this last week. Just after harvest (fortunately), but I still have to clear the vines twice a day to keep the little vampires from damaging them.

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 16/07/2026

It's neither in Cornwall or Somerset, but it abides amidst all the nonsense. Something to soothe @emmanewman.bsky.social's timeline.

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 16/07/2026

Sunset. Dartmoor. Climbed the tors. Drank the beer. Lovely. #Devon

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 16/07/2026

Rhona's Quayside Bookshop in Teignmouth, Devon comes through with @aptshadow.bsky.social's #GreenCityWars #booksky

JD Popham and Quayside Bookshop proprietor Rhona outside Quayside Bookshop

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 01/07/2026

More reading than writing today, but a productive day nonetheless.

T-Shirt with the text "I just want to read books & be emotionally crippled by the deaths of people who never existed. Is that too much to ask?" printed on the front.

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J.D. Popham @jdpopham.substack.com · 26/06/2026

This is Steve. Steve wants to share my sandwich very, very much. Steve is deeply disappointed in my late-stage capitalistic refusal to reduce our relative level of sandwich inequality.