I’m headed off to Dallas for the pen show tomorrow. If you’re attending the show, please come by the Dromgoole’s corner in the main ballroom and say hi. I’d love to see you!
In Link Love news, its a very arty week and art markers get some serious love. USPS provides shipping guidelines for the upcoming holiday season and there’s some tips for reusing old planner inserts from Philofaxy. Enjoy!
Pens:
- A Joy of Acrylic Markers: Two Different Sets of Arrtx Reviewed (via Apple-Pine)
- Hinze Pen Co. Sleipnir Fountain Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- VIDEO: gourmetpens LIVE | episode 97 | schondsgn lil’ dipper aluminum dip nib (via Gourmet Pens)
Ink:
- Ink Review #2910: Ink Institute Cat at Midnight (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ink Review #2909: Pennonia Fenyves Boreal (via Mountain of Ink)
Planners, Notebooks & Paper:
- A Successful Pivot (via From the Pen Cup)
- Paper Sizes Explained (via JetPens Blog)
- Repeating Years? (via Philofaxy)
- September Reset (via Philofaxy)
Art & Creativity:
- Miata’s Birthday Portrait (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- A Joy of Acrylic Markers: Limited Palette Experiments. (via Apple-Pine)
- Playing with Markers in Backgrounds (via RozWoundUp)
- Using collage in my everyday sketching (via Liz Steel)
- Step Into Surrealist Seasons With Mulgil Kim’s Contemporary Paintings (via My Modern Met)
- Sketchbook covers (via Drewscape)
Other Interesting Things:
- Best San Francisco Pen Show Ever 2026 Edition (via The Penguin Post)
- Art by Humans, For Humans: A Letter from Our Editorial Director (via Colossal)
- I didn’t know Beehiiv had a program to support independent journalists… (via Kottke.org)
- Music for the Dyeing (via Kottke.org)
- Postal Service Recommends 2026 Holiday Mailing and Shipping Dates (via USPS Newsroom)
- Pen Rotation Transition (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- Pelikan Hubs 2026 this Friday Has Pelikan Let Us Down? (via dapprman)
- My Stationery Origin Story (via Inky Imaginings)
- Video-Review: Galen Leather “Expansi-Pouch” (Wide) 10-Slot Pen Case (via Scrively)
- Sunday Reading for September 20, 2026 (The We-Have-a-New-Storefront Edition!) (via The Gentleman Stationer)
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