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Inviting ink samples to the party

Back in the saddle again. And with a fresh collection of six pen and ink combinations. Change is fun.

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The scholar is back … from stumbling onto stationery in San Diego

A heart-felt thank you to everyone who reached out to share congratulations and/or to check in with me these past two weeks. I’m grateful.

And I’m excited to get back into my weekly reflections.

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A currently inked for poolside journaling

I am away on my honeymoon for the next two weeks. The kinds of writing I expect to get into are quite different than my typical fare.

There will be poolside journaling. One hopes there will be poolside journaling. “One,” in this scenario, is me.

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To grind a nib or not to grind a nib, part two

Nib grinders, in just the past few years, have experimented in earnest with new and exciting ways to alter the shape of a pen’s tipping. And so, alter the writing experience.

Nib grinds, as I see it, add drama to the writing experience, tailor your pen to serve a specific kind of writing, and turn a pen into more than one writer.