My Journals for Journaling
I’ve been spending a lot of time in two different journals for my journaling. There is a bit of overlap between both, and I’m not too anal about what goes in one or the other, but for the most part, m...
A Summer of Reading
This summer was good. It was great! It was busy and sometimes too busy and sometimes just the right amount of busy. It involved that busy-ness that was actually a lot of driving around and schlepping ...
Back to School Pencils
The kids went back to school, and I’m busy sobbing in my stationery, while my stay-at-home turkey is busy making herself at home with all the big kid toys and books. I miss them tremendously, but also...
Life in the Summer
We’ve been in and out of the shop this summer, the entire gang coming along for the ride, although sometimes we’ve been missing one character or two. This is my golden era, the sun shining so bright t...
Tuna’s Corner: Smells Like Chicken
If you’ve been following along with us for some time now, you might know that sometime during the pandemic, a stripey grey cat wandered around in and out of our home and then decided to stay here, sen...
The Kaweco Liliput
The Kaweco Liliput, specifically in Copper, is one of my favourite pens of all time. I sometimes contemplate a life where I am without a shop or family but living in a hotel like Count Rostov for the ...
Life in the Summer
It is summer, and we are here, sweating and sweltering and digging our way out of forts.
In some fit of derangement, following a vigorous excavation through piles of dusty workbooks (now artifacts) pur...
Road Trip Essentials
We dropped Caleb off at sleepover camp, his first time, my first time. It’s only three hours away, but because we had Junia, we decided to drive up the day before, stay overnight in a hotel, and then ...
A Quick Tape Cutter
I cannot tell you how many of life’s problems can be calmly contemplated while extruding a controlled strip of washi tape. Maybe not solved, but at least pondered.
Letter Writing Club at the Main Shop
We’re running another Letter Writing Club this summer, and I hope you’ll join us. It’s July 27th, from 6:30-8:00 at the Main Shop. I’ve finished off all the pen pal matches and they’re now all out in ...