I feel like I am still feeling the lingering effects of the eclipse. The magic of doing something with hundreds of thousands of other people, witnessing a cosmic wonder, and just playing hooky from work or school to do so has really fueled my last week. I hope you are still feeling the cosmic wonder…
My friends and I had a grand time watching the eclipse on Monday. We met in my pal’s backyard and we ooo-ed and ahhh-ed over the eclipse. In the Kansas City area, we were able to see 89.3% of the full eclipse. It was totally worth it to not drive anywhere, and get to see…
With just days left at my jobby-job, I see both adventure and (a little) terror in my future. I have been making lists of projects big and small to tackle in the coming weeks and months. Some would say that I am starting a new chapter, but it feels like I am opening the first…
While recovering from my awful cold last week, I also turned my life upside down. I put in my notice to quit my real jobby-job to do focus on being a pen nerd, freelance designer and general layabout full-time. I will have completed my transition sometime in Mid-April. Being a full-time entrepreneur is something I’ve…
( I had an image of John Cena from the Oscars ceremony as the Link Love featured image but I was worried that Getty Images would sue me for usage rights so envision Cena holding up the envelope with “Link Love” printed on it. Funny, right?) I confess I was too busy knitting with my…
This past week was full of news about Lamy. We already posted about the sale of Lamy to Mitsubishi but Friday every phone at the Baltimore Pen Show lit up like the ink equivalvent of an Amber Alert when the NYTimes article about Lamy’s re-release of Dark Lilac was published. There were many comments about…
Tomorrow morning, I head out to LA for the California Pen Show — my first pen show of 2024. I’ll be working with Dromgoole’s with ink maven Jesi. We are both so excited to spend a few days in fountain pen fanstasyland. Please some say hello to us, if you’re in LA this weekend. I…
