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Boo
October 13th, 2023

Last month I had to say goodbye to my beloved 16 year-old cat, Boo. I reflect on her life and our time together, including her connection to my relatively recent interest in fountain pens and inks.

Lego instruction booklets for Hokusai - The Great Wave and PAC-MAN Lego kits
Relay FM for St. Jude
August 31st, 2023

For the fifth year the Relay FM community is supporting the life-saving work of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Returning this year: Building Hope 2.0, my sub-campaign featuring Lego—now with more fountain pens & inks!

A small wooden tray with col-o-dex cards of ink swatches sorted by color.
120 Col-o-dex Cards
August 25th, 2023

In mid-April I started on a project to re-swatch all my inks on Col-o-dex cards with little sketches inspired by the ink name, packaging, and/or color. Now four months in, I took a look back at the process so far.

Several Sailor Manyo square glass bottles spread out across a wood desktop.
#17InkQuestions
August 6th, 2023

Since I'm obsessed with fountain pen inks, I came up with my own list of questions.

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#5MorePenQuestions
July 23rd, 2023

Answering 5 More Pen Questions from The Gentleman Stationer.

Sailor Pro Gear Slim 'Nuts' pen with a medium gold nib and light gray green translucent body with transparent yellow accents with swatches of the green/brown/blue Sailor Manyo Shirakashi and bright yellow Sailor Manyo Yamabuki inks.
#21PenQuestions
July 16th, 2023

Answering the 21 Pen Questions posed by Ana at The Well-Appointed Desk.