January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery
A retrospective of my stationery use and discoveries of the first four months of 2024.
The sadness of finishing a notebook
The notebook becomes a mirror of self, an extension, an inalienable part of the body - my body of work, my body, my EDC, my thoughts; I do not want to finish it. There is a particular sadness to swapping in a new insert, as if separating from a part of myself which will be filed and available, but will no longer travel with me whenever I go.
Method and Mayhem: Digging myself out with Plotter lists
Getting “back on track” can be emotionally challenging, especially since I never feel that I’ve gotten “off track” by prioritizing big projects which need my full focus and attention. It simply means that from time to time I need to rebalance, and re-embrace detailed organizing to catch up on other fronts.
Dispatches from the archives
Dispatches from the Le Guin archives, where fountain pens are not allowed. Nonetheless, work of all kinds is hopping along.
A Portable Sanctuary
When I leave home, even for a short while, the five or six fountain pens in their case become my portable sanctuary, a physical manifestation of respite, endeavor, and dream.
The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay
I review two brand-new ink offerings: The Wet Pen Deception Pass and Elliott Bay. These are blue-green chromoshaders with excellent qualities, created in-house by Matthew Gore of The Wet Pen.
Reconnecting with my Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle
This post is about reconnecting with my Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle. This was my first grail. At various points since March 2021, I said that I should sell it; yet I did not. There is no other pen in the Gathering which I wanted as much, which has meant as much, which caused me this much trouble. Kind of like my writing career.
#17InkQuestions: A Gathering of Curiosities edition
I answer 17 questions about my inky treasures :))
What are we looking for?
What are we looking for? I am infinitely curious about what collecting reveals about the humans we are, what makes us feel deeply the way nothing else can. For this post, I discuss some broad categories of experience that lead us to collect writing instruments.
Eating my Hats: Diamine Early Dusk and Leonardo Andromeda
There are many advantages to adopting the spirit of the scientific method - that is, experimenting without the pressure of a predefined outcome. Mistakes pave a road for deep learning. Here are two of mine.