Why Write is a sixteen minute Ted Talk from Master Penman Jake Weidmann waxing poetic about the love of penmanship and writing. (Shoutout to Fountain Pen Physicist for the link as I hadn’t yet seen this!)
Showing all posts by Ana
The Overcast Podcast App
To help me get through my days, staring at pixels on a computer screen, I listen to a lot of podcasts. For the last few weeks, I have been bouncing back and forth between three different podcast apps for my iPhone: Overcast (Free, unlocked all features $4.99), Pocket Casts ($4.99, for iPhone/iPad or Android) and…
Giveaway: Lamy Starter Kit
Our fine sponsors, Pen Chalet are giving away the perfect fountain pen starter kit: a Lamy Safari, a bottle of Lamy ink and a Lamy LZ24 converter. The giveaway entries will be accepted through this week until Monday August 18th at 9 PM Pacific time. Enter early, enter often! Be sure to go over to…
Pennaquod: The Pen Blog Searcher
Ian from Pens! Paper! Pencils! has built a site called Pennaquod specifically designed to seek out and find posts on pen-related blogs. It features a custom search tool that just searches from within the pen community. So, if you’re looking for genuine pen blogger reviews, this will streamline your search results. This is particularly handy…
Review: Stillman & Birn Sketchbooks
After trying out the Stillman & Birn sampler packet, I went ahead and got two sketchbooks. A 5.5×8.5″ Epsilon series hard cover and an 8.5×11″ Alpha series hard cover. I always think of the 8.5×11″ black hard cover as the quintessential artist’s sketchbook. This was the first sketchbook I ever got when I started art…
Review: Noodler’s Ahab with Goulet Pens 1.1mm Italic Stub Nib
The Noodler’s Ahab pen is a good plastic fountain pen option for the price point. And to be honest, though it is light in the hand like a plastic pen, it doesn’t look cheap or plastic-y. The metallic sheen in the color makes it look like a pricier pen. The chrome trim looks good and…
Review: Leuchtturm 1917 Neon Green Notebook
Do I love lime green? You know I do. (See the matching nail polish for proof.) Do I like Leuchtturm1917 notebooks? Yup. Do I really like when the two things come together with all the genius of peanut butter and chocolate? Of course!! Okay, on to the real review… The Leuchtturm1917 notebook line was recently…