I’ve been spending this week in snowy Pullman, Washington, hanging out with my brother. It’s always nice to see him — we live on separate continents, so it doesn’t happen often enough.
But really, I came to visit him to pick up my post. I regularly order stuff from US retailers directly to his house… Continue reading
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I’d wager that most stationery addicts are also rather into books. For me, the joy of travelling to a city and discovering a new pen shop is squarely matched by that of finding a good bookstore.
I used to be a bookseller, back in the day, so I feel somewhat of a connoisseur of good… Continue reading
Way back last year I reviewed quite a few notebooks, including a fetching red number from Dingbats‘ Wildlife series. (If you’re interested: Summary was here. Recap was here.)
I was hugely impressed by the spec of the Dingbats notebooks, but I commented that the feathering and bleedthrough bothered me. So, when the founder of Dingbats… Continue reading
This week I had the luck of travelling to Madrid on business. In case you didn’t know, Madrid is home to Iguanasell, the improbably named pen/watch/lighter/accessories store from which I bought my Dialog 3 and various inks.
I trekked my way down through the beautiful city in 25-degree heat to check out the showroom that… Continue reading
Exclusive: GLP Author Tomoe River notebook review
They call me the Tomoe addict
It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Tomoe River paper, or that I’m pretty discerning about my notebooks. I go through at least one notebook a month just for work, and I know what I like. At the moment I’m powering through one of these, and wishing the… Continue reading
I write a lot about pens and ink, but I’ve not blogged much about paper recently. Of course, I’ve been writing as much as ever: journalling in my Hobonichi, keeping lists and notes in my pocket notebooks, and ploughing through nine work notebooks in the past nine months.
There are brands here from Japan (Life,… Continue reading
Review: Say Nice Things FlipFlop pocket notebooks
I consider myself a connoisseur of pocket notebooks (I give some background to my experiences in my review of the Whitelines notebooks). I have high expectations in terms of design, execution, and price, but most of all in terms of paper quality.
For me, a pocket notebook must be fountain pen friendly, in that it… Continue reading
Most office workers do their daily writing in whatever notebooks or notepads happen to be in the stationery cupboard. Conference freebies, cheapie Staples or Rymans wirebound books, or maybe a Moleskine if they’re lucky.
When you start to take an interest in writing with fountain pens, you discover that a great writing experience depends on… Continue reading