An accidental Montblanc addition
A dignified older gentleman enters an artsy queer bar. Any moment now, he will begin to sing, and someone will accompany him on the piano.
A Year of Curiosities
It’s been a full year since I started this blog. I published 26 essays during this period, and this one is the twenty-seventh. That’s a lot of writing for a small audience. I'm happy :)
May-August 2024 in Stationery
A retrospective of my stationery use and discoveries, May-August of 2024.
Alabaster and Orange and no Immediate Clarity
It’s ok not to have an immediate clarity about what our collecting impulses mean.
Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green
I review two new inks, Montblanc The Origin Green and Montblanc The Origin Coral, with ink dragon drawings and some comparisons.
Working with PLOTTER A5: Chart Grid and Blue Quadrant Inserts
I review the PLOTTER A5 organizer and the Chart Grid and Blue Quadrant inserts.
Wanting and having
Pens are tools, but wanting them is about the life of emotions, the ebb and flow of mood and absence, the keen unspeakable discrepancy between the internal music and the cacophony of everyday. But what if that perfect depth of feeling is already in the pen box?
Estonia recap, stationery edition
A recap of my work trip to Estonia, and the stationery I used there.
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.