This meme got sent around my friends last week. At the time, I wasn’t convinced that 2022 had really started out all that badly. Then I had three different people tell me they were exposed to COVID, two that are suffering from it and I live in a community where the politicians have chosen to just avoid the issue altogether. Monday, I had a stress-filled day at work and then got home to discover someone had stolen my credit card number. If you’re going to steal my credit card and use it at a sporting goods store, trust me, my bank is going to flag that as a suspicious purchase. I will be spending the next week updating every web site or auto-payment linked to that card. So, on second though, I’d like to unsubscribe from 2022. Maybe, if 2022 sends me a coupon, I might consider resubscribing at a later date.
Pens:
- Franklin-Christoph 31, customised… (via Flex & Other Follies)
- Waldmann Tango Imagination Fountain Pen – A Stunning Writer (via The Pen Addict)
Ink:
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- 3 Oysters Dancheong (via Mountain of Ink)
- Pilot Iroshizuku LE Set (via Mountain of Ink)
- Diamine Blue Edition Mistletoe (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- A New Ink for the New Year: Birmingham Ancho Chili Pepper (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Ink Mega Review! TWSBI 1791 inks (via A Stationery Voyage)
Pencils:
- Parker Liquid Lead Pencils (via The Leadhead’s Pencil Blog)
- ippo! x MONO (via Bleistift)
- Blackwing Volumes Top 7 (via Stationery 🍕)
- Birmingham Salt Water Taffy on Midori MD (via Inkcredible Colours)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Planning for 2022 (via Apple-Pine)
- Reflection: Journaling for Clarity (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
- The Paper Mind Mitsubishi Bank Paper Notebooks (Sponsor) (via The Pen Addict)
- First look at the Lamy Neolab smart Pen and Digital Paper (via Good e-Reader)
- Primo Planner Review (Day to a page layout with weekly overview) (via All About Planners)
- How to set up your planner for a productive year (my 10 step process) (via All About Planners)
- Notebooks for the New Year (via Wonder Pens)
- Undated Nolty Daily Book Dailybook Diary from Japan (via Notebook Stories)
- 2022 Daily Carry: Starting the New Year (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Art & Creativity:
- 101 Reasons NOT to Knit (via Tin Can Knits)
- New Year, New Socks: 5 Beauties We Love (via Modern Daily Knitting)
- Book Review: Mike Daikubara’s Color First, Ink Later (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- A little watercolour pencil (via Liz Steel)
- Old and New (via Abigail Halpin)
- Six-colour palette mixing (via Liz Steel)
- GUEST ARTIST: “Playing in Puddles” by PM artist Studio (via Doodlewash)
- Botanical Drawing vs. Nature Journaling (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- Tiny Faces Animate Minimal Mugs and Planters by Ceramicist Rami Kim (via Colossal)
Other Interesting Things:
- stickers, washi tapes, and more i (via Ink Sharks)
- Bel-Air, a Dramatic Reboot of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (via Kottke.org)
- Female Bolivian Skateboarders Shred in Traditional Dress (via Kottke.org)
- 12 artists illustrate a calendar recording every bad decision the government made during 2021 (via It’s Nice That)
KFC Launches Plant-Based Beyond Fried Chicken, and It’s Bound To Be Finger-Lickin’ Good (via Dieline) - Topo Chico Launches Ranch Water Hard Seltzer (via Dieline)
- 2021 – A Year In Review (via Cult Pens Blog)
- Finding a remote teaching rhythm (via mnmlscholar)
- Thoughts on handwriting (via UK fountain pens)
- East and West (via Crónicas Estilográficas)
- The creative seasons (via Austin Kleon)
- On Mastering Unproductivity This Year // Trina O’Gorman (via Baum-kuchen)
- Tempus Fugit (via Nero’s Notes Blog)
- USPS reveals more stamps for 2022 (via USPS Newsroom)
- Shipping Delays (via Yoseka Stationery Blog)
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Ana,
It will have to be a pretty steep discount coupon to tempt me to re-subscribe. I am so sorry about the credit card theft. Figuring out everywhere you use that number will be madness.
Thank you for this week’s Link Love. It looks like a great set of rabbit holes to explore. I don’t know how you do it all: full-time job, the Well-Appointed Desk posts and discussions and shop, life, cat, spouse… Clones? Time-machine? Never sleeping?
You are a wonder. I may give up on a lot of 2022, but not on the Well-Appointed Desk posts. They help me endure this pandemic and other insanities.
Ruth
Thanks so much, Ruth. People like you are why I keep doing it.
Hi Ana,
I clicked on the link to the TWSBI ink review and got an error message. The link in the URL bar is:
https://www.astationeryvoyage.com/2022/01/05/ink-mega-review.html%20Pencils:
I deleted the %20Pencils: from the URL string and went right to the review. I thought I’d mention the trick here in case others might find it useful.
Maybe the %20pencils is a hint for a secret coupon code? I’m afraid 2022 will have to do a lot better than that!
Sadly, the %20Pencils was a typo on my part. Hope your 2022 improves soon!
It’s java script/ASCII for adding a space.
I like your idea of it being a secrect code for “20% off Pencils” a lot better! ^_^
It was actually a huge typo that meant I left off the entire Pencils link section. Thanks for clicking links and finding my error!
Thanks for catching that! I have fixed the links.
You’re welcome and thank you for fixing the link! ^_^
Ohh, that sucks. So sorry to hear it! 🙁
Tripped in my office. Fell on my knee…hard. Wearing a knee brace and waiting for the pain to stop. Yay 2022. I’d also like to unsubscribe. Love your post and feel your pain!