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A Year of Curiosities

It’s been a full year since I started this blog. I published 26 essays during this period, and this one is the twenty-seventh. That’s a lot of writing for a small audience. I'm happy :)

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May-August 2024 in Stationery

A retrospective of my stationery use and discoveries, May-August of 2024.

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Alabaster and Orange and no Immediate Clarity

It’s ok not to have an immediate clarity about what our collecting impulses mean.

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What are we looking for?

What are we looking for? I am infinitely curious about what collecting reveals about the humans we are, what makes us feel deeply the way nothing else can. For this post, I discuss some broad categories of experience that lead us to collect writing instruments.

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2024 Stationery Intentions

My 2024 stationery intentions focus on process and discovery. I’m entering the new year with the feeling that my pen cup is full. I don’t feel like actively pursuing pen acquisition, and I want to spend time with my collection before I expand or reduce it.