Sunday Reads: Pens, Writing And Some Birds

Need a new pen? There are several here that I would enjoy. How about you?

• The Well-Appointed Desk: Notebook Review: Compoco Airplane View Journal
• Ferris Wheel Press (pens and inks)
• Benu at Pen Chalet
• The home of Ranga Pens
• United Inkdom: Italix Chaplain’s Tankard
• Kaweco shows frost has a place even in spring
• Quick Fountain Pen Review: What’s In My Pen Case Today?
• Notedian: Why English Author Neil Gaiman Writes with a Fountain Pen
• How to write with a brush pen
• T.K. Coleman: Am I a Writer? Are You? Does it Really Matter?
• This Genius Woman Created a Photo Booth for Birds in Her Backyard

From the archives

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Sunday Links: The Perfect Pizza, A Sausage, And Ink

A group of links that have nothing to do with one another, but might offer a little something for everyone…

• Innovative Berlin Bookshelves In Fallen Trees
• Talking dog has hilarious conversation with owner
• The Pen Addict: Midori MD Notebook Light A5 Review
• Physicists Have Come Up With the ‘Perfect Pizza Equation
• 10 nib choices on an Edison pen? Now that’s a real “something for everyone” offer!
• Maya The Sausage
• Troublemaker Inks
• Notebook Stories: Moleskine Alternatives
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Ink Review: Lamy Crystal Amazonite
• Life Imitates Doodles: Frog Fun & Easy Step-out

Pen secrets, part two pic.twitter.com/dqjGCxRBWN

— Mattias Adolfsson (@MattiasInk) January 16, 2019

 

 

 

Sunday Reads: Pen Paper, Oysters, And Vandalism

Crazy busy headed into the holidays, but snagged a few choice bits for you…

• Jet Pens: The Best Fountain Pen Paper
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Inkmas Day 10: 3 Oysters Doldam (I would buy it for the name alone.)
• Stay with it to the end. His presence and connection with both the audience and the orchestra are a joy to watch.
• Making Monograph: The Hardcover Journal from Dapper Notes
• Random Acts of Genius Vandalism
• 116 Amazing Facts for People Who Like Amazing Facts

Sunday Reads: Pens, Memes, And Sherlock Holmes

There is no connecting the dots between these links, except that they were some of the most interesting ones from this past week.

• Jet Pens: Top 10 Fountain Pen Releases of 2018
• Internet Meme Database
• Dear Holmes
• J. Herbin Inks For 2018
• Make Use Of: Good News! 5 Places to Read or Hear Positive and Uplifting News
• Stillman & Birn Nova Series

Noodler’s Standard Flex Pen With Apache Sunset Ink

Sunday Reads: Ink, Pens And Paper

A few on-topic links…

• The Well-Appointed Desk: Eye Candy: Penlux Inks (My fave is Rouge.)
• Fountain Pen Follies: Five Months: an Extended Test of Platinum Carbon Black Pigment Ink
• The Pelikan’s Perch: News: Pelikan Raises U.S. Prices
• The Pencilcase Blog: Review: Scribo Write Here Fountain Pen
• inksharks: review: diamine teal (Mirrors my own experience.)
• Hand Over That Pen: Review: Platinum Izumo (Soratame, Broad Nib)
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Planner Review: Easy Tiger Pocket Planner

From the archives:

Sunday Reads: Searchable Handwritten Notes And Pen Links

Absolutely any fountain pen user can make use of the first article. Evernote has been in my arsenal for years, but archiving handwritten notes elevates it to a whole new level of usefulness.

• dottotech: Make your handwritten journal searchable with Evernote
• Fountain Pen Quest: A Medium Bias
• Pen Chalet: Colorverse Wisdom of Trees Methuselah Grove Ink (Don’t you just love the exotic name?)
• Teoh: How Waterproof is Noodlers Bulletproof Black Ink? (Read some of the comments for what others have experienced.)
• The Pen Addict: Maruman Into-One Binder Review
• The Gentleman Stationer: Testing Out Tester Pens

From the archives:

Sunday Reads: Ink, Journals, And Cursive

Over the summer, my laptop exhibited all sorts of troubled behavior that culminated in a meltdown of its hard drive and failure of its flash drive, the one that was used for backups. Restoration is a work-in-progress. Even so, there are a few links that did not disappear down the rabbit hole that I hope you enjoy.

• WaPo: how cursive writing is looping back into our hearts
• Shaunta Grimes: A new (to me) concept for keeping a notebook. (h/t Nero’s Notes ) (Comp books work well for this.)
• Jose Naranja tests some Noodler’s Inks
• Sandra Strait at Doodlewash reviews Hahnemühle journals that work well with fountain pen ink.

Smartest dog ever!

Good morning Twitter-Friends…Happy New Week💗🐶👍👏💐🌷🌸💕 pic.twitter.com/8H15CZbyb1

— Marie Nassar (@marienassar_) August 20, 2018