by P. M. Starr | Aug 12, 2023 | Brown, Diamine, Green, Grey, Ink, My Colors, My Experience, Philosophy, Problems, Purple, Red, Taccia, Wisdom
Fearing how the levels of ink in the bottles gets lower and lower.
by P. M. Starr | Aug 5, 2023 | Aqua, Black, Brick & Mortar, Buying & Browsing, Colors, Green, Grey, Ink, Kaweco, MINE, Orange, Pink, Problems, Red, Stores & Sellers
Away from home and almost out of ink! Feeling fortunate to be in a town/city with a few fountain pen friendly options.
by P. M. Starr | Aug 3, 2023 | Brick & Mortar, Buying & Browsing, cartridge, Curiosity, Fountain Pens, My Fountain Pens, OOLY, Purple, Under $10
Getting ready to take my new over-the-counter trendy fountain pen for its first spin.
by P. M. Starr | Jul 3, 2023 | Aesthetics & Style, Brown, Famous Pens and Pleasure Writing, Fountain Pens, Ink, My Experience, Orange, Philosophy, Purple
A note for old-fashioned song lyrics, jotted down with fountain pens and bruise-y inks.
by P. M. Starr | Mar 27, 2023 | conversion, eyedropper, Kaweco, Multicolor, My Collection, My Fountain Pens, White
Normally I would not want to do anything to compromise an LEs color (in this case, a shimmery pearlescent white), but today I went ahead and converted my Iridescent Pearl Kaweco Sport to an eyedropper fill. Why did I decide to do this? What color did I fill it with?...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 20, 2023 | Black, Fountain Pens, Inspiration, Journaling, My Desks & Tables, My Experience, Pink, Platinum, Tests & Trials, Top Flight, Wishlist
Trial run experimenting with pleasure writing on a train, & journaling to help get through life’s challenges
by P. M. Starr | Oct 20, 2022 | Colors, Green, Ink, Orange
I love how attempting to qualify for free shipping creates justification for adding unnecessary items to shopping carts, like these two ink samples that rounded out a very inky order from Vanness1938.com to create a very rich autumnal palette: Pumpkin Patch (orange...
by P. M. Starr | Sep 22, 2022 | Black, BRANDS, Fountain Pens, Montblanc, My Fountain Pens, My Spaces
How in the world did I wind up in bed next to THESE?!?
by P. M. Starr | Aug 28, 2022 | Gold, Goldspot, Ink, My Collection, Packaging & Presentation, Pelikan, Problems, Pure Pleasure, Special Edition, Special Editions, Yellow
Looking on the bright side of an inky accident and housework I usually hate.
by P. M. Starr | Jul 27, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, BENU, Brown, Colors, Fountain Pens, Gold, Goulet Pens, Lamy, Pure Pleasure, Visconti, Wishlist
A pleasure-filled video about pens in beautiful BROWN … and how infectiously delightful vlogger Drew is
by P. M. Starr | Jul 20, 2022 | $50 to $99, Aesthetics & Style, Buying & Browsing, Colors, Conklin, Goldspot, Investing, Multicolor, My Collection
Checking out this week’s “Weekly Dip” on Goldspot (and still thinking about last week’s).
by P. M. Starr | Jul 18, 2022 | Aqua, Blue, Colors, Curiosity, Green, Grey, Ink, Ink Journal, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Stipula, Wishlist, Yellow
Wanting to ink up with a bright variety of colors, but not sure if I should be shopping.
by P. M. Starr | Jul 16, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Buying & Browsing, Colors, Fountain Pens, Goldspot, Green, Investing, Pink, Silver, Visconti, Wishlist
What do you do when you can’t afford a luxury pen … but the one you’ve been dreaming of is HALF OFF?