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Chicken’s Corner: Chicken Makes a Friend

We made a new cat friend, we being all of the humans. Chicken is ambivalent. It’s a bit ironic, I suppose, that during this endless pandemic, it’s Chicken who makes a new friend.

May 14, 2021 — Liz Chan

Covid-19 Weekly Update: Keeping Up With Technology

This is our shop! Still standing.

May 12, 2021 — Liz Chan

A Quarantine Pencil Meet

We recently got a bunch of photos printed, which is a lovely thing to do and something we should do more often. In doing so, while scrolling through all the pictures on my phone, I stumbled across a bunch of photos I took back over Christmas break.

May 09, 2021 — Liz Chan

Blackwing Volume 223: Woody Guthrie and a Highway

It’s always fun to get the new Blackwing Volume in! This is Blackwing Volume 223, inspired by Woody Guthrie.

May 06, 2021 — Liz Chan

8 Years

A couple of weeks ago, we turned 8! What a glorious ride it has been, even as we come crawling through a year of this pandemic. We are a bit late on the mark, as always, but better late than never, especially when there are no late fines.

May 01, 2021 — Liz Chan

Chicken’s Corner: Spring Chicken

One of the perks of cold weather and a semi-functioning furnace is that Chicken is now eager to get close, climb into your lap, curl up on your stomach, or just get involved in whatever’s going on.

April 29, 2021 — Liz Chan

Classiky Desk Tool Box

The Classiky Desk Tool Box is one of the first items that I fell in love with from Classiky, and I still use and love it today. It’s one of Classiky’s iconic pieces, and is sometimes out of stock from Japan, so we’re always glad when we get in a shipment.

April 27, 2021 — Liz Chan

April Covid-19 Shop Update

A couple of weeks ago someone responded to an email newsletter with “Thanks for another great newsletter, Liz!”

April 24, 2021 — Liz Chan

Sailor Studio Ink Mystery Sample Pack

In the midst of the supposed end-of-the-tunnel of this pandemic (during which here in Toronto things seem pretty unequivocally much, much worse then they were during any other point during the pandemic thus far), we have gotten organized with the whole Sailor Studio Ink line, which we started carrying a bit ago.

April 21, 2021 — Liz Chan

Pen Pal Match Up April 2021

April is, apparently, National Letter Writing Month. I did completely miss out on InCoWriMo (International Correspondence Writing Month), a reflection of my own lack of life organization, but missing the mark entirely on February leads me to being just slightly late for April. What could that be if not perfect timing?

April 18, 2021 — Liz Chan