Thanks to everyone who commented on the Pen Habit post. I never intended to scare anyone into thinking I might cease publication or anything. I just wanted to think out loud about the blog. I love doing this and I think I’ve been putting invisible pressure on myself to do more, more often and bigger.…
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Link Love: Picture This
Great images this week from Instagram. From the top: Row 1, left to right: Chalk Lettering by Josh Scruggs, Fountain Pen Day Swag by Ivan Romero, Roterfaden by Ian Hedley. Row 2: Baseball score sheet by Tim Wasem, Hot Air Balloon Bunny Print by Two Tone Press and Vintage Perpetual Desk Calendar by Lila Symons.…
Link Love: Color Inside the Lines
Every week I scour the dozens of pen and paper blogs and hundreds of posts to bring you (what I think is) the best posts in the digita pendom. I hope you enjoy them too! Link of the Week: Pantone Color Test Can you align the hues into a perfect transition? I scored a 12.…
Link Love: Loving the “Other” Stuff
This week’s links of the week are all those “Other Neat Stuff” links at the bottom. Two pen shows, the Pennaquod update, “The Pen Debacle” and Harry Marks’ “I Wrote a Novel” article are all excellent reads. I hope you enjoy them too. Pens: Noodler’s Creaper Fountain Pen (via Gourmet Pens) Tiffany & Co. Sterling…
Link Love: Hobby or Obssession?
Post of the Week: This is the follow-up to the post last week and continues to consider and evaluate pen purchasing for fun, profit and completeness (one of everything from a series). Liking Pens Part II: Can Pens Be An Investment? (via Clicky Post) Pens: Marlen Aleph Fountain Pen (via Pen Paper Inks…Whatever) Surprises in…
What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades
The recent article on the New York Times entitled What’s Lost As Handwriting Fades is too good to wait until the end of the week for a Link Love so I decided to go ahead an post the link today. Once again, scientists are coming up with studies proving that there’s some tricky cognitive stuff…
Link Love: All Penned Up
Pens: Fountain Pen Guide Series, Session 1: Nibs, Feeds, and How They Come Together and Fountain Pen Guide Series, Session 2: The Difference A Filling System Makes (via Pentorium) That Fountain Pen Is Too Much Trouble (via Inkophile) Ohto F-Lapa Fountain Pen F (via Ink of Me Fondly) Levenger’s Facets Fountain Pen (via From The Pen Cup) Kaweco…