Opus 88 x Soupy Tang Mini Pocket Pens
I have two new pens in hand, and they have been companions on this journey to start the new year. Two matching pens! Are they sisters? Naiads? Witches? All of the above, wandering through the house li...
A New Adventure: Bauble Boba
We’re trying something new! Come join us.
A love story in two acts:
ACT I: Once upon a time, Liz falls in love with fountain pens and stationery and buys it from abroad at incredibly high prices. Jon la...
Notebooks for 2025
Am I more disorganized than ever? Yes.
Will notebooks solve this problem? No.
Am I using them to cope with life? Yes.
And here are a few things I’m using this year:
- My Traveler’s Notebook, with my dated i...
The Tsundoku Book Club
In this new year, a quarter of the way through the decade, I’m starting my own book club. I’m calling it the Tsundoku Book Club. Currently I’m the sole member, but I’m openly soliciting anyone willing...
The End of 2024
The end of 2024 has arrived and heaved itself upon our doorstep, along with the fresh new year. They are knocking hand in hand like they’re collecting overdue rent, and I am cowering in the corner.
Las...
The Stationery of the In-Between Week
The new year is upon us, and I’m still in my in-between week, enjoying my stationery. I was going to commingle this with my previous post, but there was too much life and too much stationery.
The kids ...
The In-Between Week
It’s the week between Christmas and New Year’s, which is one of my favourite weeks of the year. After the final sprint of the holidays, working right up until Christmas Eve, and all of the hot and hea...
The Wonder Kids Gift-Wrapping Extravaganza
As kids get older, theoretically they get more capable, and having not seen any evidence of this yet, we’re putting it to the test. While I would’ve preferred skills along the lines of web development...
Christmas Tree
We went and got our Christmas tree! It involves spending most of the time in the car driving up and then back from the farm, but a crispy little jaunt through the “woods” has become part of our annual...
Tuna On The Decline and Then On The Incline
Tuna was on the decline and now is back to us.
He has various problems, the most severe of which is feline leukemia virus, and also some kidney problems, or maybe just a singular kidney problem. He’s b...