While working at the Dromgoole’s table in St. Louis, I was able to score both of the Sailor Manyo Limited Edition Dual Shading sets (4 each with 20ml bottles, $60). Set #1 is a brighter assortment and includes Haha, Nekoyanagi, Sakura, Nadeshiko. I swatched each bottle on Col-o-ring paper and then used a 1″ circle…
This week, inspired by Kottke.org’s post about their “media diet”, I thought I’d post a short list of my stationery and media diet. What have you been watching, reading or listening to? Watched: Star Trek Discovery Star Trek Strange New Worlds Big Hero 6 Read: The Book Eaters New Order Listened to: 20K Hz Podcast…
Thanks to Tina, the #21penquestions has been converted into 12 Pencil Questions. Why didn’t I think of this? I’m so glad that Tina did modify this meme. So here are my answers to her 12 Pencil Questions. 1. What is the pencil they’ll have to pry out of your cold, dead hands? My Prismacolors .…
Tina upped the difficulty level with the #21penquestions by creating a new modification for pencil lovers, #12pencilquestions. I recognize that the gauntlet has been thrown and I will now need to answer her questions! The game is afoot! Posts of the Week: 21+5 Questions Answered to Celebrate 8 Years of Writing At Large (via Writing…
This weekend, we were hit with a fast-moving, very destructive storm that blew in on Friday afternoon and left us without power for the whole weekend. A tree had taken down our power lines which required an electrician to come out and repair the power connection at the house and then the power company had…
This week was Amazon’s annual Christmas in July sale disguised as “Prime Day” with deals on everything from tech to books to everything in between. Bookshop.org, the indie bookseller’s best friend offered free shipping on orders during the same days. If you are not familiar with Bookshop.org, they let indie booksellers and affiliates (like myself)…
I have been doing a little bit of ink-ventory-ing and it got me thinking about all the inks in my collection and how many great inks just don’t get talked about much these days. They are the classics, the old favorites and the more budget-priced inks. So I’ve decided to run down the most under-appreciated…
