There's something delicious about

[ithika]

opening a new journal, the pages all untouched, sitting there mute, beautifully lined with no scratches or tears. Of course, a well used journal is also a beautiful thing, but in a different way. I keep going to start writing in my new journal, then stopping because I think "my writing will never be neat enough to maintain the pristine atmosphere this unused book has now."

Also

HAM