Barbara, For the pen, try the Uniball PowerTank RT, available at many drug stores (Long's here in SoCal) or office supply places:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/upgrade/4206754.html For paper, try Rite in the Rain notebooks: http://www.riteintherain.com/ I use both of these, and they're excellent. Bill Porter San Marcos CA > Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:05:48 -0700 > From: Barbara White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Pens or pencils for field notes > > We would like to solicit people's ideas about what kind of pens or pencils > they think are appropriate for taking field notes with respect to permanence. > >
