I grew up in a Jewish household and didn’t celebrate Christmas until I became an adult, so as a kid I didn’t experience the fun of advent calendars. While traditionally created to celebrate the 25 day countdown to Christmas, I think today’s advent calendars can be fun for everyone. Basically, I think they’re a great…
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Extra extra! Pen Show Calendar Update!
The highly trained staff of monkeys at the Desk has been hard at work updating things around here! Today’s update includes a shiny Pen Show Schedule for the remainder of 2022 and 2023. Of note, it looks like the LA Pen Show has been canceled and a new California Pen Show is launching around the…
A Mess of Kawecos: Introducing the Blue Iguana to the Collection
I’m not even going to call this a review because I’m not sure what differentiates all the Kaweco AL Sports I seem to have in my collection as truly separate writing instruments. Remember when I shared my new Kaweco x Hello Kitty in Opal Green I mentioned staying tuned? Well a limited edition Blue Iguana…
First Look: Kaweco X Hello Kitty AL Sport Part Deux
If you’re getting a sense of deja vu, let me reassure you this has happened before. But last week I found out about the NEW Kaweco x Hello Kitty Opal Green limited edition. Available in Gold or Silver this is another Taiwan exclusive edition. Like last year’s Pink edition, barrel is marked with both Kaweco…
Ink review: Anderilium Inks Flying Squid Blue
I haven’t been able to attend a pen show this year yet, but I’ve seen some coverage of the shows and one of the new inks that intrigues me are collections from Anderillium Inks. Ana purchased the Cephalapod Series collection and let me play with it. Today I’m taking a look at Flying Squid Blue…
Notebook Cover Review: Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter
Back in June when I went to a work convention, I wanted a somewhat slim, not too heavy notebook cover so I could carry a utilitarian notebook to record meetings I had, notes to myself and such. At the time, I had Ana’s Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter in a stack of items to try and review. So…
Did you miss me?
Apologies for one more non-stationery recap, but hopefully I’ll make up for it with gorgeous pictures. I got back about 1am last night (this morning?) from a 12-day trip to Norway. It was in a single word: amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a more beautiful country. Every day we were surrounded by…