Link Love: A Very Dotty Day

I am completely losing track of what day of the week it is. I could blame this on the pandemic but, honestly, I think I’m just suffering from a combination of the winter doldrums and overwork. My day is filled with lots of little jobs and I jump from one project to another. I am sure its like this for everyone working from home. I go from housework like loading the dishwasher to answering email to packing orders to working on a freelance project to making Col-o-ring back to housework and the cycle continues… all day long. Somehow, in all these little jobs, I forgot it was Wednesday.

Luckily, all the blogs I cull for links didn’t forget what day it was and there is lots of fun content this week. The New Parker 51 is available and there are two posts about it. Mountain of Ink has passed 1400 ink reviews.

Lucy decided to help me with making Col-o-ring today and would not be dissuaded until cuddles were given, scritches delivered and attentions paid. This means even my cat is a little dotty today.

Pens:

• Two Weeks with the New Parker 51 (via Penquisition)
• First Impressions: Hands On with the New Parker 51 Fountain Pen (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Ink:

• Kobe INK物語　北野オリーブグリーン (via HAPPY INK DAYS archives)
• 1400 Inks! (via Mountain of Ink)
• Kyo-iro 03 Fushimi’s Flaming Red (via Mountain of Ink)
• L’Artisan Pastellier Callifolio Inti (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• PenBBS #342 Matcha Ice Cream (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Weekly Ink Review: Behind the Scenes Peek (via Pen Chalet)

Pencils:

• Review: Carl Angel-5 Royal Sharpener (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• The Use and Abuse of Electric Pencil Sharpeners. (via PENCIL REVOLUTION!)
• Notable: Vintage Red/Blue Editing Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Review: Holbein Artists’ Colored Pencils (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Write Notepads The Engineer Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Soumkine Paris Sketchbook Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Kaisercraft weekly planner review (Australian planner) (via All About Planners)
• Cool Hack I Discovered for Planners and Traveler’s Notebooks (via Planner Fun)
• World War I Notebook with Addresses and Poem (via Notebook Stories)
• 4 reasons why I ditched digital journaling and switched to an *actual* journal (via Discover Analog)

Art & Creativity:

• Art Books for Days: What Not to Miss at Printed Matter’s 2021 Virtual Art Book Fair (via Hyperallergic)
• Van Gogh watercolours. (via Jane Blundell Artist)
• Review: Caran d’Ache Neocolor I wax pastels (via Parka Blogs)
• #OneWeek100People, March 8-12, 2021 – Pandemic Relief Edition! (via Citizen Sketcher)
• One Week 100 people is on again: 8-12 March 2021 (via Liz Steel)
• Pursuing Curiosity: Using Art Books for Inspiration and Self-Care (via My Giant Strawberry)
• Experience Wassily Kandinsky’s Art Through Simulated Synesthesia (via Hypralleric)

Other Interesting Things:

• Can You Crack the Secret Message Hidden in Perseverance’s Parachute? (via My Modern Met)
• Coca-Cola Has Just Unveiled Their New Paper Bottles (via My Modern Met)
• Photographer Captures Laughing Dormouse Perched on a Flower (via My Modern Met)
• Love typography? Now you can smell like it! (via Creative Boom)
• Oral Statement of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform (via USPS Newsroom)
• InCoWriMo 2021. (via PENCIL REVOLUTION!)
• 52 Ways To Find A Spot for Your Typewriter (via oz.Typewriter)

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