This week, I spent a lot of time googling things no one wants to search for:
- Cold or Flu: How to tell the difference?
- Bronchitis Symptoms
- Will my insurance cover…?
- Etc.
So, if you haven’t guessed, I picked up a virus. Or a bacterial infection. Either way, I have felt like crap all week. As a result, I have not spent much time online, in forums or reading any news in the pen community. What did I miss?
Pens:
- Rolling dice downsizes me to a six pen desktop (via mnmlscholar)
- Favourite pens and pen loops – by Anita (via Philofaxy)
- Kaweco ART Sport in Pebble Blue Acrylic Review (via The Pen Addict)
- How Fine is “Too Fine”? Comparing Tip Sizes Across Different Pen and Pencil Types (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Ink:
- Pure Pens Westgate Hotel (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Ink Review #2523: Robert Oster Romeo & Juliet (via Mountain of Ink)
- Lamy Dark Lilac 2024 vs The Original Lamy Dark Lilac 2016 (via The Pen Addict)
- Swatching Inks from Vanness – Stream Recording (via The Poor Penman)
- Bring on the Sheen (via Dime Novel Raven)
Pencils:
- Mechanical Pencil Review: The Uni Kuru Toga Alpha Gel Switch (via The Gentleman Stationer )
- A-Viking we shall go (again) (via Nero’s Notes)
- The Best Pencils and Pens for Bibles and Other Books with Thin Paper (via JetPens Blog)
- Blackwing 2X Firm Graphite Core Pencil Review (via The Pen Addict)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Are you using the right vertical weekly planner? (10 layouts to consider) (via All About Planners)
- Ten Years Of Using Pocket Notebooks (via The Cramped)
- Dilettante Mocha Café (and Fresh Uglybook) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
Art & Creativity:
- Artists Respond to TikTok’s Nebulous Future in the US (via Hyperallergic)
- REVIEW: Hahnemühle Round Watercolor Paper in a Tin (via Doodlewash)
- Apple-Pine: I never know if orchid is real or fake. (via Apple-Pine)
- How to Make, Mend, and Find Meaning Through Thread (via Brown Paper Bag)
- How can illustration be used as a tool to educate and inspire? Maisy Summer shares her wisdom (via Its Nice That)
- The Metaphysically Science-ish Drawings of Daniel Martin Diaz (via Kottke.org)
- Vintage Occultist Calendar with Incredible Illustrations by Manuel Orazi (via Design You Trust)
Other Interesting Things:
- Monthly mixtapes (via Austin Kleon)
- The Extraordinary Story of Black Librarian Belle da Costa Greene (via Hyperallergic)
- A Comforting, Snackable History of the Lunchbox (via Messy Nessy Chic)
- The trailer for a new Star Wars series called The Acolyte. (via Kottke.org)
- 10 of the best ergonomic office chairs to save you from the curse of back pain (via Creative Boom)
- Cursive Writing Night (via Wonder Pens)
- Lists for when ‘not going to plan’ is the plan (via mnmlscholar)
- Taking It Slowly (via From the Pen Cup)
- BWIPS 2024 (via Rachel’s Reflections)
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Hope you are on the mend
Feel better soon.
“Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Ana, it seems as if you just got over COVID. I hope your insurance covers whatever you need without a hassle. You still pulled together an impressive set of links.
I hope you can sense the chicken-soup-with-matzah-balls vibes I am sending your way.
Ruth