Link Love: Boom Boom Vacation!

I’m not a big fan of fireworks. In our neighborhood, we have to play the guessing game: gun shots or fireworks and pets scurry under the bed fearing the worst. Going to community fireworks shows are too crowded and too loud for an introvert like me. So, while other people might love the spectacle, I’ll be cuddled up on my couch watching Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 and eating popcorn. How will you celebrate your freedom to celebrate?

I also wanted to let you all know we are taking a long weekend holiday so this will be the last post for the week and we’ll be back on Monday, July 8. Have a safe and joyful holiday!

Pens:

• Namisu Nova Titanium Pocket Pen in Ultem (via dapprman)
• The Pilot Myu Fountain Pen: What Does It Take for Me to Seek Out a Rare, Somewhat Overhyped Vintage Pen? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Disposable fountain pens don’t exist (via I Dip Bananas Into Coffee)
• DIY Kaweco Event at Flax Pen to Paper (via The Pen Addict)

Ink:

• Ink Battle: Van Dieman’s and Sailor (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• Private Reserve Copper Burst (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Review #2563: De Atramentis Moss Green (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review #2560: Parker Quink Blue Black (via Mountain of Ink)
• Ink Review #818: Wearingeul Psyche Polly (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

Pencils:

• Capped Mechanical Pencils: Who Did It Better, Pentel Sharp Kerry or Uni Kuru Toga Dive? (via The Gentleman Stationer)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Chapter 2 of Barnes & Notebooks (via Line Variation)
• TRAVELER’S notebook adventures at St. Louis Pen Show 2024 (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA)
• What would a potential binder daily carry setup look like for me? (via Stationery)
• Scription Chronodex Weekly Planner Jul – Dec 2024 Released (via Scription)

Art & Creativity:

• A simple watercolour sketch (and more of my favourite tea) (via Liz Steel)
• Florida Art Orgs Scrambling After DeSantis Cuts All Culture Grants (via Hyperallergic)
• The Return of the Fireflies (via Abigail Halpin)

Other Interesting Things:

• Taiwan Stationery Fair 2024 (via Wonder Pens)
• Technology is great… (via Nero’s Notes)
• It’s a new month, what’s in your pen cup? (via Chronicles of a Fountain Pen)
• 2024 Mid-Year Check-In (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• Stationery Crazes (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• My Most Used Pens and Inks – June 2024 (via Inky Imaginings)
• What’s in my travel stationery kit? (via Inky Imaginings)
• A visit to Typewriter Chicago (via The Typewriter Revolution blog)
• The Stunning Graphics of Vintage Japanese Train Tickets (via My Modern Met)
• Letters Expose the Life of a 20-Something in 18th-Century London (via My Modern Met)
• Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s) (via Public Domain Review)

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