Happy Halloween! Hope you have a fun, candy-filled, pumpkin spiced day! Link of the Week: Perceived Wetness and Dryness of Fountain Pen Inks Our link of the week is a survey about the wetness or dryness of fountain pen inks. Pen Addict Slack User Nicole studies fluid dynamics and she teamed up with a rheologist…
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Link Love: A Very Papery Day (and Ereader Questions)
I need your help. I have had multiple brands of ereaders over the years. My latest ereaders are an 11-year old Kobo Aura and a Kindle Paperwhite purchased in 2018. These devices are old and it shows. My Kobo no longer holds a charge on the battery and is having some refresh issues so its…
Link Love: By the Power of Tomoe River!
The debate has continued about the overall consistency and quality of the 2025 Tomoe River planner papers. Following my post on Monday. I received emails and comments that many folks have run into issues with the Tomoe River paper in the 2025 planners bleeding, feathering and causing general heartache. So, I recommend that you test…
Link Love: Jacques Cousteau — no! Herbin!
Jacques Herbin ink is making waves this week. Inky waves! (That’s supposed to be a Jacques Cousteau joke — just roll with it.) Check out the multiple reviews below. Hope everyone is having a great week. Be safe, Florida. Hope the Carolinas get water and power soon. And I hope the rest of the US…
Link Love: Stripey Saturday
Several years ago, entirely by accident, Jesi and I started a tradition of wearing matching striped dresses at pen shows, regardless of which tables we are working at. At the Dallas Pen Show was quite a delight because one of our co-workers at the Dromgoole’s table, Jessica, came prepared in her own stripey shirt and…
Link Love: The Big Wave
This week is big in the art world and the chance to see a legendary print created by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai called Under the Wave. Both the Nelson-Atkins Museum here in KC and the Art Institute in Chicago is putting this beautiful print on exhibit in different exhibitions. There’s something mesmerizing and a bit…
Link Love: Busy is not who I am
I’m not busy, I just do lots of things. I type this as I think of my urge to slow down and be more mindful about my time. It’s all too easy to obsess about all the things. I want to stop answering the question, “How are you doing?” with the all-too-common “I’ve been so…