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With the year almost over, it is time for the customary recap, or what some streaming services call “Your 2025 wrapped.”

Pen acquisitions.

Starting the year with a noble intention of a “no-buy” was hopeless for me as my will power is not up to the task. However, to be fair, my pen-acquiring was somewhat more moderate than last year’s, with 35 pens incoming, (dow...


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Introduction

Back in February, Ashera invited me to review their Aeon fountain pen. My review can be seen here. It was sent to me on loan but I became so attached to the pen that I arranged to buy it, with a generous discount. It is one of my most...


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In my previous post I talked about starting the NaNoWriMo challenge, as well as reviewing the notebook that I was using. Today the challenge ended and I thought I would check in here to share my thoughts on it.

To recap, this was the National Novel Writing Month, an annual event which was launched back in 1999. The basic idea was for participants to write a novel, o...


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In September, a reader’s comment alerted me to a new Ryman notebook with 100gsm paper which was supposedly, fountain pen friendly. I was already familiar with their 70 gsm notebooks and have several of them in A5 in various colours in my stash. However I was keen to visit my local Rymans to check out their 100gsm version.

On 1st October, I paid a visit and found a s...


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As I am surrounded by pens that came home with me from the recent pen show, it seems timely to share my haul in a post.

I am embarrassed once again to be talking of a “haul” when I genuinely thought I did not need any more pens. And yet, here we are! This comes of blurring the distinction between needing and wanting. I ended the day with eight additional pens for my...


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