Tina upped the difficulty level with the #21penquestions by creating a new modification for pencil lovers, #12pencilquestions. I recognize that the gauntlet has been thrown and I will now need to answer her questions! The game is afoot! Posts of the Week: 21+5 Questions Answered to Celebrate 8 Years of Writing At Large (via Writing…
This weekend, we were hit with a fast-moving, very destructive storm that blew in on Friday afternoon and left us without power for the whole weekend. A tree had taken down our power lines which required an electrician to come out and repair the power connection at the house and then the power company had…
This week was Amazon’s annual Christmas in July sale disguised as “Prime Day” with deals on everything from tech to books to everything in between. Bookshop.org, the indie bookseller’s best friend offered free shipping on orders during the same days. If you are not familiar with Bookshop.org, they let indie booksellers and affiliates (like myself)…
I have been doing a little bit of ink-ventory-ing and it got me thinking about all the inks in my collection and how many great inks just don’t get talked about much these days. They are the classics, the old favorites and the more budget-priced inks. So I’ve decided to run down the most under-appreciated…
I was so excited to see the Endless Explorer Refillable Cactus Leather Journal at the St. Louis Pen Show at the Luxury Brands, USA table. There are not a lot of refillable “traveler style” notebook or journal covers available that are not leather. But Endless has created a cover made from cactus making is a…
For many years, July was the start of two month-long projects: One Book July and World Watercolor Month. This year, World Watercolor Month is a-go and details about it can be found over on Doodlewash. One Book July, however, is not happening as an organized event this year. As someone who is already using multiple…
At the beginning of the year, I posted about my planner set-up for the year which included the Midori B6 Pocket Planner in the Clover design ($23.50, out of stock but a Birds edition is still available) tucked into my leather B6 cover from Bassy & Co ($81 and up) with my Stalogy Editor’s Series 365…
