by P. M. Starr | Jan 14, 2024 | Ink, MATERIALS, My Experience, Problems
Cold weather worries for fountain pen lovers in the (normally-temperate) Pacific Northwest.
by P. M. Starr | Dec 8, 2023 | Aesthetics & Style, Analog Hacks, Doodling & Drawing, Famous Pens and Pleasure Writing, Quotations & Excerpts, Uncategorized
The beautiful inclusion of drawings and handwritten remembrances in a sort of biographical tribute.
by P. M. Starr | Nov 3, 2023 | MINE, My Experience, Problems, Technology, Wisdom, Wishlist
Inspired by Fountain Pen Day, I made an account for pleasure writing on IG. Will I regret it?
by P. M. Starr | Oct 26, 2023 | Analog Hacks, Challenges, Highlighters, My Experience, paper, Philosophy, Technology
Highlighting, handwriting, and journaling to help through the ordeal of tax prep.
by P. M. Starr | Oct 15, 2023 | Aesthetics & Style, Memories, My Experience, paper
Rambling about three different kinds of government-issued forms: tests, tax forms and ballots.
by P. M. Starr | Oct 13, 2023 | Journaling, Movies, Other Pens
Cheap girly-character toy-like pens for our antihero to throw away
by P. M. Starr | Sep 30, 2023 | Buying & Browsing, Challenges, Dip Pens, Doodling & Drawing, Journaling, Markers, MINE, My Experience, Pentel, Tombow
A more personal sad-sack dear-diary kind of entry than usual here.
by P. M. Starr | Sep 24, 2023 | "Community", Challenges, Doodling & Drawing, My Experience
Should we participate in a month-long drawing challenge for the pure pleasure and practice of it?
by P. M. Starr | Sep 9, 2023 | Buying & Browsing, Ferris Wheel Press, Goldspot, Goulet Pens, MINE, Packaging & Presentation, Stores & Sellers, Uncategorized
Recently arrived goody boxes I may need to vlog about to “earn” reveals and pleasure.
by P. M. Starr | Sep 2, 2023 | Aesthetics & Style, Black, Blue, Journaling, MINE, My Experience, My Fountain Pens, My Spaces, Parker, Pink, Pure Pleasure, Silver, Top Flight
Re-imagining a journaling session in a park on a picture-perfect summer day.
by P. M. Starr | Sep 1, 2023 | Buying & Browsing, Goulet Pens, Green, Ink, My Colors, Packaging & Presentation, Problems
Received my first spilled-in-shipment fountain pen ink package today: All of my ink sample vials in this package have been baptized in green ink; does this portend good fortune? Methinks yes! Feeling pretty fortunate this has never happened to me before (that I can...
by P. M. Starr | Aug 27, 2023 | Aesthetics & Style, Buying & Browsing, Fountain Pens, Platinum, Special Edition, Under $10, Wishlist
Platinum came out with a 3rd Preppy Wa collection before I even had a chance to buy the 2nd!
by P. M. Starr | Aug 22, 2023 | paper, Philosophy, Problems
The pleasure writer’s eternal dilemma: ONE notebook or many?