On Sunday, Laura and I started going through the Pen Show Schedule and trying to figure out how best to update it. Many shows have already announced postponed dates or cancellations due to the pandemic but some, that are a few months out, are still listed as “on schedule”. I confess, I’m skeptical that any…
For the folks here in the Kansas City area, today marks the first day of relaxed restrictions on the stay-at-home order which has been dubbed by our mayor as 10/10/10 for non-essential businesses. Whether this will actually keep people healthy while restarting our economy remains to be seen. Being essentially “self-employed”, I don’t have to…
Thanks to Kottke.org, I was able to keep a Star Wars link in this week. It’s a link to the preview for all the Star Wars movies that will be available on Disney+ starting May 4 (May the Fourth Be With You, of course! Stay tuned, we will have a special sale in the shop…
There are some weeks when writing the introduction for Link Love is a challenge because I have no idea what to write and other weeks when I have too many ideas in my head and I can’t figure out what to focus on. This week is a too-many-ideas week so pardon me if I prattle…
Another week of living in our contracted worlds. The pen and stationery community continues to try to bring you pen, ink and notebook reviews and inspiration to keep you going as you work from home, try to educate your kids from a distance or continue to go to and from your essential job while staying…
Since sheltering at home is the new reality for so many of us, I know a lot of folks are tired of reading about it or even thinking about it. I tried to keep all the even-marginally Shelter-at-Home/Coronavirus links in their own section this week which I title “Keep Yourself Entertained.” However, our new reality…
It looks like our stay-at-home/self-quarantining orders are going to last at least through the month of April. Many of us are learning to live a different sort of life, what seemed unthinkable a few weeks ago, is now starting to feel routine. Sometimes scary, sometimes just plain weird. Last week, my hair stylist texted me…
