Need A Distraction? Pen Links To The Rescue!

Whether you call it quarantine, lockdown or unscheduled stay-cation, fifteen straight days at home has provided too much time to squander in the pursuit of a quick fix, either intellectually or emotionally. Seeking out noteworthy sites has helped me stay out of trouble. Well, for the most part. What keeps you going?

• Jet Pens: Our Top 7 Notebooks for Journaling
• Lamy Safari and a watercolor painting
• JolyPoa and the Carrot
• The Well-Appointed Desk: Fountain Pen Review: Leonardo Momento Zero
• Fountain Pen Love: The Big Fountain Pen Paper Sample Pack
• Kanopy: Stream thousands of films for free
• The Pelikan’s Perch: The Origin Story Behind Pelikan’s Original M800 Tortoiseshell Brown
• 11 Classic Video Games You Can Play Online for Free
• Open Library
• Fountain pen blog: A New Year party conversation

From the archives, inks in rotation April 3, 2012.

Pen Aficionados, These Links Are For You

This may be a first. Every link is pen, ink, or paper related. Aficionados, indulge…

• From JeanB at PenTrace: An Incredible Pen (My family missed the boat due to illness. Am grateful progeny.)
• From Jim Sanders via PenTrace: More about fixing converters and cleaning pens/converters
• Leigh Reyes makes a snake that isn’t scary in honor of the Chinese New Year
• Art Brown: Libell Pen Cases at close-out prices
• Fountain Pen Hospital: The Pelikan M800 Tortoise has arrived!
• Rhodia Drive: The Power of Paper
• J. Panter Calligraphy
• Calligraphy special offers for February, 2013 from Scribblers
• The Fountain Pen Quest: Ink Notes: Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-syogun (h/t Chris Meisenzahl)