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We launched a new pen with Fine Writing International, who we had the pleasure of visiting when we were in Taiwan. What fun! Soon I will share a little bit about visiting their showroom and warehouse.

We’ve been restocking books these days, and getting new ones in, along with some surprises and new things for the holidays, for gifting, for celebrating. Please come by the shop and browse the shelves...

I’m back into my fountain pens again. I didn’t really leave them, but for a couple of months in the summer, while travelling, I mostly wrote with gel pens, and that was really nice. And then I realize...

Happy Fountain Pen Day!

It was Fountain Pen Day last week, the first Friday in November, and it’s one of my favourite non-holidays. Or maybe it is a holiday! It’s a celebration. Who needs the Ontario g...

After a recent shipment of Wearingeul inks, from South Korea, I couldn’t resist inking a few of them up. Peter Pan! Yes, please. It has been some time since I last read Peter Pan to Caleb and Naomi, a...

The plant above is a metaphor for life, and I’m just grateful it’s still alive. The sun still shines, through it all.

Life, these days. Amazing! Busy! Full of celebrations and anxieties. I’m bobbing ar...

Launched at Scriptus, and available in limited quantities, is a shimmer version of our two original Dominant Industry exclusive inks, Ginger Chicken and Tuna Grey. I loved how the originals turned out,...

We have lots of planner things in! As we wade through a thousand decisions and indecisions, I thought I would share a few more details over a new format of planner that Midori started putting out a co...

I am writing letters these days, after an unintentional on-and-off hiatus last year.

While in Taiwan this past summer, all of a sudden I was sending mail again! We had collected some addresses for the ...

We recently got a restock of these leather notebook covers from The Superior Labor, as always in limited quantities, based on TSL’s production capacity. They are one of my favourite items by them. I fe...