Link Love: Yule Be Glad It’s Link Love

Today is Winter Solstice, AKA Yule, which means it is the shortest day of the year. It’s a good time to embrace the dark and prepare for longer days, even if, for many of us, we will be facing many more cold, dark days as January will bring snow and cold.

I plan to light ALL THE CANDLES today, turn on my electric fireplace (concessions to my asthmatic self) and make something warm to drink and reflect on a year that was not without its ups and downs. I am thankful for all my good friends and will be thinking of those who are no longer with us. May there be love and light wherever they are now.

2002 in Review:

• We look back on the year that was, from Miyazaki to machine learning (via It’s Nice That)
• End of 2022 – a bit of a wrap up! (via Gourmet Pens)
• 2022 Year-End Review, Part II: Favorite Products Reviewed in 2022 (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Year-End Review: Five Up, Five Down in the Personal Collection for 2022 (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Pens:

• The Best Mini Pens (via JetPens Blog)
• Meet Your Maker – Jon Tello, Hello Tello Studio/Tesori/Scripting New Stories (via The Pen Addict)
• Pens in Daily Use December 2022 (via dapprman)

Ink:

• Diamine Inkvent 2022 Days 16-20 (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review #1999: Van Dieman’s Sailor’s Delight (via Mountain of Ink)
• Birmingham Boysenberry on Life Schöpfer (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Diamine Reddit Ink Project 2022. Vote for your favouriteS (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
• My mnml inkvent challenge returns, week one (via mnmlscholar)
• Ink Review #739: Robert Oster Kansas City (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Ink Review #740: Robert Oster Oklahoma (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Yamamoto Paper Cosmo Note Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Review of Notebook Therapy 160 GSM Dotted Notebook and bullet journaling stencils (via All About Planners)

Art & Creativity:

• Caran d’Ache Prismalo Swiss Wood: The Saga (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Rosa Watercolours (via Jane Blundell Artist)
• Drifting (via Abigail Halpin)
• Airport Art Is Taking Off (via Hyperallergic)
• 12 Graphic Design Trends For 2023: The Visual Euphoria (via The Designest)
• The US Government’s Trove of Beautiful Apple Paintings (via Kottke.org)

Other Interesting Things:

• Why Car-Centric Cities Are a GREAT Idea (via Kottke.org)
• USPS Intends To Deploy Over 66,000 Electric Vehicles by 2028, Making One of the Largest Electric Vehicle Fleets in the Nation (via USPS Newsroom)
• Logan Lane and the Luddite Club (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)

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