Pens of the tough love variety
Toying with taking up a new lens on pen types, JO and I considered use case as a sideways perspective into which kinds of pens populate our collections. And a novel perspective can unearth values and preferences and “what works for me” that I’ve only yet to subconsciously pull together. For the betterment of future, smarter, more personalized curating.
Splitting the difference
Splitting the difference between work needs and the coming five days off for playing around with personal scribblings. A little somber and a dash of playful.
Summoning all of the grinds. Well, five of them.
I enter this week with lesson plans sketched out, conferences planned, and meetings prepped. Wowza. All but two meetings will move methodically enough to accommodate intentional attention to my writing angle. This is what policy wonks call a “policy moment” — a nib grind moment.
The giggling is the point: A visit to Penny Post’s Fountain Pen Test Drive Event
The moment I know that a new pen is coming home with me is when I actively seek out reasons to continue scribbling. Cursive “s” shapes. Hash marks. Nonsense sentences. My dog’s name. Often done to a soundtrack of quiet, joyful giggling.