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I am feeling fresh and free, having just survived my latest monthly phone conversation with Jon where he goes over my tiny sliver of business accounting, which is generally extremely small, basically negligible, and yet with a very high percentage of discussion points.

I have completely fallen in love with the newest Pelikan M600 Art Series Georg Tippel. Completely head over heels. I would say that I haven’t gotten a new pen in a long time, however, I also really lik...

I’m so excited to announce that we have a special pop up from Nicole Josephine, a local artist and stationery maker.

I continue to scribble away in my journals and notebooks, to no end, with both satisfaction and a lack of it. I am recording for posterity and also trying to survive these chaotic and intense months a...

Some pens inked up! One of them is new: the Pilot Prera in yellow was calling out to me, with a new-to-me ink, Octopus Cerberus, a rich and dark blue with some sheen.

And some old favourites, a Pelikan...

Goose has been out in the world, despite not being fully vaccinated. Puppies receive their full set of puppy vaccinations, three rounds total, around 16 weeks, and Goose is due to receive his third an...

Naomi recently joined a book club at one of her after school programs, and she is loving it. The idea of being a part of a book club is a thrill for her. I’m Mama now, she says. A reader, who goes off...

Goose, our would-be shop dog, is an Australian Cattle Dog, which is supposed to be a very intelligent breed. I’ve heard it go as high as a fifth grader, which is food for thought, because my actual si...

Greetings from my desk of chaos. Actually, it looks pretty good right now—but pretty good is subjective and also relative for someone whose desk usually looks like many minor stationery explosions tha...

Goose continues on in the shop, growing by leaps and bounds in size, and trying valiantly to catch up in training. He is sleeping through the night, and sniffing lots of very unappealing things on our...