P. M. Starr | Pleasure Writing

Call Me the “Vector Collector”

by P. M. Starr | Aug 11, 2025 | Black, BRANDS, ebay, Fountain Pens, Green, Memories, MINE, My Collection, My Fountain Pens, Parker, Philosophy, Price Points, Under $20, Under $30

Thoughts on affordable Parker Vector fountain pens and being a “collector”.

Wife’s Practice Log & Purple Pen

by P. M. Starr | Aug 4, 2025 | Colors, Journaling, Other Pens, Pentel, Purple

Enjoying my wife putting the gel pens I got her to use for note-taking.

Flashback: Blue Spiral Mead & Red Erasermate

by P. M. Starr | Jul 28, 2025 | ballpoint, Blue, Doodling & Drawing, erasable, Journaling, Mead, Memories, MINE, My Colors, My Experience, My Writing, Other Pens, paper, Paper Mate, Red, Under $10

Taking pleasure in a red gimmicky ballpoint pen in 1986 in my junior high journal.

BuJo Poetry To-Dos: Song of Myself

by P. M. Starr | Jun 30, 2025 | Brown, Bullet Journaling, Fountain Pens, Gold, Green, Influences, Inspiration, Journaling, Lamy, Lists, My Colors, My Experience, My Fountain Pens, My Spaces, Parker, Planning, Quotations & Excerpts, To-Do Lists, Wisdom

Today’s to-do list inspired by Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.

Fountain Pens in Movies

by P. M. Starr | Jun 28, 2025 | Aesthetics & Style, Black, BRANDS, Fountain Pens, In the Media, Montblanc, Movies, Parker

Flashes of famous fountain pens in movies, like this Mont Blanc.

Marks on Red Metal

by P. M. Starr | Mar 1, 2025 | Aesthetics & Style, Colors, Doodling & Drawing, Inspiration, Philosophy, Pure Pleasure, Red, White

Taking pleasure in strangers’ marks made in public.

Ryde Green Ink Refill Day

by P. M. Starr | Feb 27, 2025 | Colors, Green, My Colors, My Fountain Pens, Parker, Robert Oster

Syringe-filling my green vintage Parker Vector fountain pen cartridges with Robert Oster ink.

ChatGPT Imagines What I’ve Been Up To

by P. M. Starr | Feb 18, 2025 | Curiosity, Journaling, My Experience, My Spaces

I asked AI to show me what it thinks I’ve been doing while incommunicado.

Year of the Sharpie?

by P. M. Starr | Jan 7, 2025 | Aesthetics & Style, Black, Famous Pens and Pleasure Writing, Markers, My Collection, Philosophy, Red, Sharpie, Under $10

What does another term of Trump mean? Well … it’s SHARPIE TIME!

Fountain Pen Day: Year 13

by P. M. Starr | Nov 12, 2024 | "Community", Challenges, Journaling, Memories, Philosophy

I might have missed the holiday, but I use mine all year long.

Purple Pilot Ink

by P. M. Starr | Jun 29, 2024 | Aesthetics & Style, BRANDS, cartridge, Ink, MINE, My Colors, My Fountain Pens, Packaging & Presentation, Pilot, Purple

Hinting at my “new” favorite pen while admiring the elegant details of my first box of Iroshizuku luxury ink cartridges.

Ephemeral Little Paper Scraps at the Library

by P. M. Starr | Feb 22, 2024 | Fountain Pens, My Experience, paper, Parker, Pink, Taccia

Writing on free ephemeral feathers of library paper instead of a proper notebook.

National Handwriting Day Gratitude

by P. M. Starr | Jan 23, 2024 | Ferris Wheel Press, Fountain Pens, Grey, Inspiration, Journaling, MINE, My Colors, My Fountain Pens, Orange, Parker, Platinum, Purple, Quotations & Excerpts, White, Wisdom

A handwritten quote about gratitude, and thoughts about journaling mindful thanks by hand.