A few quick notes for this week: The Ollie Comics are not about MY Ollie but are still totally worth checking out. This week is overflowing with other people’s reviews of the new Esterbrook JR Pocket Pen. Check out our review here in case you missed it. If any of the students from my DMM1…
It was brought to my attention earlier this week by one of the many products who have planned sponsorships with Inktober/Jake Parker that there is a scandal brewing around the founder and creator of Inktober. Another artist and author, Alphonso Dunn, has accused Parker of plagiarizing his book Pen & Ink Drawing which was published…
This week, I want to send a shout-out to my friends. These are people who have supported me, bought me drinks and held me up when I drank too many of them so it’s only fair that I show them the proper amount of love and respect. First up is my “other sister” Madeline who…
I was inspired this week by the title of the post from It’s Nice That about Ben Longden’s bookshelf. Just as much as we love pens, paper and stationery, I suspect that many of us also love paper books. It’s one of the things I’ve missed most during the time of COVID-19 — going to…
I won the Link Love lottery this week. All the regular content was present and accounted for– pen, ink and paper reviews — but my little nuggets of joy were also present. Star Wars related? Check. Cats? Check. Beautiful typography and design? Check, check! Lisa Congdon craft pattern? BONUS! And.. my friend Marcos Roman created…
This week, I’m reminded of a quote from the brilliant mind of John Hughes, spoken through the sage Ferris Bueller: “Life moves pretty fast.” Even in the Age of COVID-19, I feel like we have rocketed from March to August in a sheltered-at-home, face-masked, hand-sanitizer cloud. Our whole world has changed over the last few…
The past week has been an adventure in stray cat rescue here at Desk HQ. I realize this has absolutely nothing to do with fountain pens but it has occupied a good deal of my time and brain space. We had a stray cat living on our back porch for the last few weeks that…
