This week I closed my post office box at Union Station after almost 10 years. When I handed over my key to the postal worker I got a little verklempt. Union Station is beautiful and it always felt like such an adventure to go to the train station to get my mail. When I worked…
There are so many good links this week that I can’t pick a favorite. If you’re short on time, definitely check out the “We love you Diamine”, “Fountain Pen Friendly Paper” and “The Good Taste of Baddies” for the highlights! It’s been hectic this week and we’ve been on a weather roller coaster. Love to…
We spend a lot of time reviewing and promoting bottled fountain pen ink here on The Well-Appointed Desk. For as much as we love bottled ink, there is a time and a place for cartridges too. If, like me, you like to use fountain pens but work in an office environment (or maybe you are…
Review by Tina Koyama In addition to high-end, limited-edition, collectible pencils, Blackwing makes a few unique pencil accessories, including the Blackwing Point Guard ($10 each). Available in matte black, gold, silver, and a set of one of each color, the point guard is made in Taiwan of lightweight, machined aluminum. I chose matte black to…
Yesterday, it was 60ºF and tonight its threatening to snow anywhere from 4-15″ (depending on which weather report you trust). It reminded of all the mornings we had to shovel our cars out of the snow in Chicago and the tradition to mark the spot you worked so hard to clear. Thankfully, the Tribune collected…
I visited Wonder Fair in Lawrence, KS this weekend and was delighted to find the new Zebra Zensations 2mm mechanical colored pencils. Wonder Fair stocks the set of 12 ($11.76) as well as individual pencils ($0.90 each). The cost for these softly-rounded triangular, plastic, click-advance colored pencils was too good to pass up. I know…
The weather warmed up this week and the snow has melted so we are all feeling a bit of that spring fever here. It’s seems appropriate that, not one but, TWO posts this week discuss pen cleaning tactics. Well, you gotta start spring cleaning somewhere… Pens: Gravitas Pocket Pen Rainbow Skittle (via dapprman) A review…
