Leigh Reyes - and pens for aid

I recently bid and won a number of auctions on Leigh Reyes site (a link is on the right of this blog) for Pens for Aid - raising money for the Philippines Red Cross efforts following the recent devastating typhoon. Leigh's efforts have raised over $5,500 US at time of writing this - a brilliant effort!

So you can imagine my surprise on receiving (even before my auction items) an envelope chock-a-block with home-made goodies.

It began with the letter:

Leigh's penmanship is already legendary; so just the letter was more than enough. But it included this:

along with refills for my Midori (notebook), a Japanese notebook, a Fino leather single pen pencase, a much loved Parker lucky curve Lady Duofold and a Moleskine envelope filled with personal touches like this:

(it's been rotated vertically here - sorry about that!)

Such a great cause; such a talented woman; and such a generous and creative soul!

Thank you on behalf of us all.