Embracing the crossing out of mistakes
No plan survives the start of teaching. Or writing. Or contact with another person.
Changed plans turn into cross-outs, scrawling new writing over old writing, and migrating notes over and again. Life, and often being productive, is messy. I still struggle to embrace the mess.
S1:P5 - Deep cleaning a piston filler fountain pen
A tutorial on deep cleaning a piston-filling fountain pen – for those times when a regular flush just isn’t enough. Or for when tinkering is called for.
The pens that write together stay together
This week sports seven inked writers. Each of which is a survivor from last week’s currently inked. Six black nibs, and one steel.
My school is running a professional development day on Thursday. I anticipate a healthy amount of fast writing at odd angles (thank you, auditorium seating) and jottings this week. So keeping five of this week’s inked pairings equipped with round nibs is reasonable.
Setting the stage for reading and writing
Tuesday was a rain day. My first ever rain day. School was cancelled due to expectations of flooding and our governor’s request for non-emergency personnel to stay off the roads. I took the opportunity to build myself a reading day.
I lit a candle. Put on music. Laid my pens and notebooks out. The right setting made my writing and reading mellow, recuperative, and fun. It’s gotta be fun.