In defense of the peculiarly particular stationery database
One of my favorite facets of the stationery hobby is how granular folks can get about storing, sorting and choosing what they write with. I dig getting lost in the weeds with the systems folks create and participate in. Exploring electronic systems like Fountain Pen Companion and David’s algorithm over at Too Many Pelikans inspired me to create my own databases.
Longest out, first in, I say
A clean split this week: three returning pen and ink pairs with three new combinations. I leaned heavily on the “last inked” column of my pen database to select this week’s new trio of pens.
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.