The Well-Appointed Desk

We’re more than 1/3 of the way through the year and Stationery Show season (which really runs all year long) is in full swing.

We’ve just updated the Pen Show Schedule to include all the news we know about. Drop us a comment if there’s a show we’ve missed and ...

I am hitting the age where I have conversations with friends about the ailing health of parents and other relatives. Some have lost loved ones recently. As a result, my friends have had to deal with the possessions of these family members. Some have had to downsize parents into assisted living or memory care facility. Others have lost loved ones who had not had the ti...

(Editor’s Note: I tend to use the terms of planning and journaling interchangeably since I write what I do, what I need to do and what I want to do whether I am writing bullet points or long form writing.)

All of us have moments where we hit a mental roadblock in our planning and journaling. Usually, in late Spring, I hit a personal lag. Maybe, as the weather ...

I am back from Chicago and slowly coming out from under a pile of emails, orders and unpacking all the boxes. So I am doing the things, trying to get some sleep and maybe even doing a couple loads of laundry.

I want to say thank you to everyone who came by the table at the Chicago Show, attending any of my workshops or placing orders while I was away. I am so touched a...

I drove up to Chicago to vend and teach at the Chicago Pen Show this weekend. I traveled up by myself (there is a whole flat tire story I will not go into here but, as always, there was travel drama!) and met up with my friend and contributor to the site, Jaclyn of