A new, varied and balanced currently inked collection
August heralds two major changes for the writing I take up. First, I have new writing options available as a result of my adventures at the DC Pen Show. Whee.
Second, the first week of August also begins three weeks of half-days prepping for the coming school year.
The treacherous adventure of gifting stationery to your hobbyist friend or loved one
When I give a gift, I want to see wide, happy eyes. I want to see my loved one dive into the gift and find joy in it. However, my stationery joy lays in picking my stationery apart, separating out what works from what works less-than-well for me — in addition to digging writing itself. My picky, choosy, sticklerish obsession makes me a bad stationery gift-receiver. Oof.
The roles of fit and gravity in sitting down to write, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On finding the right way to get work done. This week, I’m pondering fit and gravity in what a healthy productivity looks like for me.
Small tweaks, happy impact
Small tweaks can have outsized impacts. It’s a law of nature in school policy. It also applies to stationery. Two small tweaks this week to keep this week’s writing fun.