by P. M. Starr | Feb 18, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Brown, Colors, Ink, Inspiration, Investing, Mark-Makers, MATERIALS, Wisdom, Wishlist
BROWN The beautiful color brown. Loving, valuing, and WANTING brown adds urgency to acquiring and using fountain pens. Mmmmmmm …. makes me hungry for root beer barrels, caramel & maple syrup on fluffy pancakes!This is sunlight shining through a bottle...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 16, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Fountain Pens, My Collection, My Experience, Philosophy, Problems
Cheap Practical Pleasures = Not Nerdy Enough? More and more I’m coming to accept that I am not a huge nerd fan or collector the way other people are. I just don’t seem to have the mindset of other fountain pen aficionados. I love things a lot — music, movies,...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 13, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Amazon, Black, Brick & Mortar, Buying & Browsing, Finisher Secrets, Investing, Journaling, My Experience, paper, Reviews, Silver, Stores & Sellers, Top Flight, Top Flight Paper
Three Daily Notebooks There are three (note)books I (try to) carry with me and write in daily: 1) SPIRAL NOTEBOOK For Journaling For daily journaling, brain-dumping, and morning pages I rely on good old-fashioned spiral-bound school-purposed notebooks. I love...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 9, 2022 | Brown, Colors, Ink, Pilot
As previously mentioned, I *love* the color brown; my desire to have eternal access to luscious brown ink is a big motivator in my fountain pen hobby. So far I haven’t realized that dream, but this morning I feel like I’m on my way with two sample vials of...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 8, 2022 | Black, Blue, conversion, Curiosity, eyedropper, Filling System, Fountain Pens, My Experience, Platinum, Problems, Under $10
Advanced Mess-Making You know how I say “write more … clean less”? And tell you it’s entirely possible to use affordable fountain pens on a daily basis for DECADES without EVER making an ink mess? It’s totally true! I know because that...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 7, 2022 | Buying & Browsing, Fountain Pens, Other Pens, Stores & Sellers, Under $20, Wishlist
NINE NEW PENS ON THE WAY! SO STOKED: I just* ordered nine new fountain pens!!! It is probably more exciting for me to log these details than for you to read the notes recorded in my afterglow of consumerist dopamine rush and anticipatory glee, eagerly awaiting...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 6, 2022 | $50 to $99, Aesthetics & Style, Aqua, Blue, Buying & Browsing, cartridge, Colors, Filling System, Fountain Pens, Multicolor, Narwhal, Orange, Philosophy, piston-fill, Pure Pleasure, Silver, Vanness Online, White, Wishlist
Color Swirls Bring JOY! What’s next on my to-buy list? I’m trying to prioritize buying entry-level good-for-beginners fountain pens. For research, so I know best what to recommend, and because there are tons of great reasons to expand my collection of “cheap”...
by P. M. Starr | Jan 30, 2022 | Aqua, Blue, Colors, Diamine, Ink, Kaweco, My Colors, Quotations & Excerpts, Tests & Trials, Visconti, Wishlist
Which Turquoise Ink Should I Get? A bright aqua blue ink is at the top of my ink bottle wishlist. Something bright and cheerful, but deeply saturated and dark enough to be legible when journaling in half-light. Something to use in my Blueberry Kaweco Frosted Sport...
by P. M. Starr | Oct 25, 2021 | Famous Pens and Pleasure Writing, Mark-Makers, Other Pens, Sakura, True Crime
The Myakkahatchee Creek Notebook At the intersection of true crime and pleasure writing, many people find themselves fascinated by things like … Brian Laundrie’s notebook. Earlier image of Brian Laundrie’s outdoor reading & writing materials...
by P. M. Starr | Aug 3, 2021 | Aesthetics & Style, Colors, Influences, MATERIALS, Memories, Wishlist
Anodized Aluminum, Fireworks Colors One of the few resources I remember my stepdad bringing with him when he moved into our house were a few of these super-cool tumblers. Real ones: not the cheap new knock-offs being sold today. The ones in our house were thick and...
