It’s vacation time in most of the US. Many are planning getaways with friends and family. Others are looking to work remotely from the local coffeeshop or park. And some of us are hitting the Pen Show circuit. So it’s a perfect time to think about what pens and stationery options you might pack to…
I saw the new Lamy Plus Colored Pencils this week and thought our colored pencil expert, Tina, might want to review them. When I asked her, she confessed that she already reviewed them and said “Lamy should stick to pens”. So, if you are wondering why we are not publishing a review of the Lamy…
While I am excited about the release of the 2022 Holiday Gift Guide episode of the Pen Addict Podcast, there has also been other events this week worth noting. Laura recorded the 400th episode of her YouTube vlog, The Corner of Knit & Tea. That’s a lot of knitting. And tea! Pantone, though they are…
Which color will be your color of the year? Or your pen of the year? Or your word of the year? Pelikan’s Rose Quartz or Pantone’s Viva Magenta are head-to-head as the pen community’s color of the year. Right? How similar are they? We will have to wait and see. IT appears that Rose Quartz…
There are two guarantees at any pen show. One: good times will be had. Two: I will pick up Con Crud. Both can be said about the Atlanta Pen Show this year. There was time spent with friends old and new, a bit too much revelry and, on the way home, the distinctive misery of…
I was torn whether to include the ubiquitous “Is handwriting important?” article in this week’s Link Love. This issue has been rehashed and mentioned on this site countless times (1, 2, 3… there were more). Pretty much each Fall, when students head back to school, the topic re-emerges. Each year, more and more students rely…
The trip to Dallas was a whirlwind. The Dallas Pen Show is the only show I attend that is just two days. We set up Friday morning and the show runs until 8pm on Friday, then reopens on Saturday and goes until 5pm. Then we pack up afterwards. So, while there is the advantage of…
