Bridges made of stationery, a mnml digest
A curated journey through five articles, posts and podcasts that are speaking to me this week. Pulled widely from a week’s worth of reading; and in ten sentences or fewer. A fun means of reflecting on the blogs I regularly read in a way that spreads the link love.
This week: Stationery builds bridges between people. It’s been my experience that stationery brings people together. Across hobbies, interests, and — excitingly — even across time.
Fair warning. This is a philosophical one.
Behold, Something New! The Harmonic Nib, from Opus Cineris (The Pen Addict). An exciting nib maker with a novel nib design. Bringing talented metal workers and stationery hobbyists together.
A New Teacher’s Dilemma (Larry Cuban). Teaching similarly builds community. Writing slows us down — nurturing spaces wherein students can think through their own perspectives. And those of the people around them.
Engaging the Classroom and Community Through Archives-based Learning (The Society Pages). Stationery documents our lives — from journals to official records — and so can be a powerful bridge into studying historical and political worlds in real ways.
Aurora’s Matera and Deserto are gorgeous and (nearly) flawless (UK Fountain Pens). Thoughtful views on pens connect me to people who live countries away. In this case, Anthony is back and telling stories about pens.
An 18th Century Document (Goodwriterspens). And beautiful writing is time travel. An original of an old written record — still being ooh-ed and ahh-ed over centuries later.
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Note: This is an experimental post series. I’m still playing with a creative way to share links. Future posts may look quite different as I continue to tinker. Suggestions are quite welcome!
