https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog daily 1.0 2026-03-25 https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/just-the-basics monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/b0ad891a-be30-4e3c-9947-ecbcfb32e09c/book+pile+in+profile.jpg Blog - Just the basics: a survival strategy - Make it stand out On my desk: a small book pile; an A6 journal; Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/74800e4e-097b-4966-a6e5-068e494f2030/scribling+in+Life+noble+note.jpg Blog - Just the basics: a survival strategy - Make it stand out Scribbling in the Life Noble Note A6 using my Homo Sapiens Bronze Age with a cursive italic nib. The ink is Taccia Budounezu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/732f13af-3376-4384-a3a5-11c0c33cd08c/cat+washi.jpg Blog - Just the basics: a survival strategy - Make it stand out Cat washi. Washi cat. CAT. (I like to number my pages by hand) https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/four-grey-inks monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d20538fe-19b4-42c3-a682-f1aa98a04ffa/packaging.jpg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out Inks from this big order: Taccia Budounezu, aka “derp demon cat,” Taccia Kuromurasaki, aka “gigantic skeleton,” Ka-Ku Black Jade, Ka-Ku x Ink Mazeru Gray of Ash Haze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/13bbd70d-2c6c-4236-abd1-5cf47fde1d8a/swatches+on+col-o-ring+no+pens.jpeg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out Four inks swatched on Col-o-ring cards, left to right: Taccia Budonezou, Ka-ku x Ink Mazeru Gray of Ash Haze, Ka-ku Black Jade, and Arcus Artisan Raven’s Shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/535970c9-5803-4351-b7d6-24cbd393ffc6/four+swatches+in+plotter.jpeg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out A look at the four inks in my Plotter, top to bottom: Taccia Budonezou, Ka-ku x Ink Mazeru Gray of Ash Haze, Ka-ku Black Jade, and Arcus Artisan Raven’s Shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/68451010-fd3a-4a9a-9483-c300a9366ea5/derp+demon+cat.jpg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out This cat, I swear. Stunned person on the left appears to demonstrate size. and once again: definitely CAT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9342ed14-660a-451d-900e-7f1f44f93758/taccia+budounezu.jpeg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out A close-up of Taccia Budounezu on Col-o-Ring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/762d9320-2b8c-4ab4-98ab-b8f15dc9307e/gray+of+ash+haze.jpeg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out A close-up of Ka-Ku x Ink Mazeru Gray of Ash Haze on Col-o-Ring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/872ca0ee-464a-4582-a7e5-d354e3553598/ka-ku+black+jade.jpeg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out A close-up of my swatch of Ka-Ku Black Jade on Col-o-Ring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/876b36e7-764b-49d9-b543-dd9652fb76f6/arcus+artisan+raven%27s+shadow.jpeg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out A close-up of Arcus Artisan Raven’s Shadow on Col-o-Ring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/701708aa-f811-46e5-8231-cd5843e811f4/four+colors+plotter+vertical.jpeg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out Another look at the four inks in my Plotter, top to bottom: Taccia Budonezou, Ka-ku x Ink Mazeru Gray of Ash Haze, Ka-ku Black Jade, and Arcus Artisan Raven’s Shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f685e42f-767b-43f3-ba92-6d56ae14c732/Col-o-ring+and+pens.jpeg Blog - Four grey inks - Make it stand out Once again showing four swatches on Col-o-Ring, this time with the lovely pens I used. Two on the left are on loan from a friend, two on the right are mine. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/cookie-monster-of-pens monthly 0.5 2026-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/efbd49cb-5c23-41a8-83a5-9586541bfb85/Kilk+Ygg+and+Bolo+Bear.jpg Blog - The Cookie Monster of Pens - Make it stand out The EndlessPens Kilk Yggdrasil special edition I purchased in November 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/8df1c801-4bf0-4c01-86c6-ab70bd6b1341/Kilk+Yggdrasil+detailing.jpeg Blog - The Cookie Monster of Pens - Make it stand out The detailing on my Kilk Yggdrasil is superb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2f8008dd-abf0-4ed5-b729-2a106e658ffb/Montegrappa+Miya+on+Plotter+with+three+menagerie+friends.jpeg Blog - The Cookie Monster of Pens - Make it stand out Three menagerie friends - FORG!, bolo bear, and tiny badger - are enjoying the company of the Montegrappa Miya in yellow celluloid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e61f69e9-8616-4417-8c15-a303da5ff204/Deskscape+with+bolo+bear+and+WFA.jpeg Blog - The Cookie Monster of Pens - Make it stand out Fountain pens, journal, and some books on my desk, with my World Fantasy award (still so happy). I just blurbed Ada Hoffmann’s book Ignore All Previous Instructions, and it’s very cool - coming out later this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ba1824d7-9418-48ee-8d3d-032c0b19a402/I+love+Italian+pens+2.jpeg Blog - The Cookie Monster of Pens - Make it stand out I love Italian pens. Top to bottom - Aurora Internazionale Arancione, Scribo Maddalena, Montegrappa Miya, in my Alfie tray. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/2026-stationery-intentions monthly 0.5 2026-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/61fe7b83-6ecb-4a1e-b5a6-aafd7fe88111/journal+jan+2026.jpg Blog - 2026 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out New year, new daily journal - this is a Life Noble Note A6 in grid, same journal I used in the second half of 2025. I think I would like my word for 2026 to be “Sanguine.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2ce382d2-f924-449f-b994-d5947e4c85c0/currently+inked.jpg Blog - 2026 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out I’m starting the year with four pens inked as of this morning - only one pairing migrated from last year, and that’s the Homo Sapiens Bronze Age inked with Ainezu. Years of acquisition on these pens top to bottom: 2021, 2022, 2022, 2024. Beadbird friend observes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/c3445d6a-77bc-408a-9c00-32e0cabebabf/January+Currently+Inked.jpg Blog - 2026 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out My currently inked four pens with bolo bear friend. I’m trying to use my yellow Montegrappa Miya more this year. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/year-in-review-what-happened-with-my-2025-stationery-intentions monthly 0.5 2025-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1eb45b5d-cf9a-450e-8c89-1df48eb3a6b1/two+pens+of+2025+and+three+menagerie+friends.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2025 Stationery intentions? - Make it stand out Montegrappa Mermaid and Onoto Magna Sequoyah on a Hinoki blue Toyooka tray, with menagerie friends bolo bear, alabaster rabbit, and FORG! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2bc4670e-a980-41e6-90fd-8d2e4881d11d/Journaling+maple+leaf.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2025 Stationery intentions? - Make it stand out Journaling about my fiction WIP - the ink is one of my top favorites of 2025, Diamine x Cult Pens Maple Leaf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a138ab2e-de47-47e7-a704-3f4f42383f2c/gloomy+pen+quartet.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2025 Stationery intentions? - Make it stand out A quartet of beloved fountain pens on a gloomy, foggy December morning. Two were acquired in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2021. This collection evolves slowly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/15ba99d7-f000-4351-b664-045e0e4b598c/Rabbit+and+HSBA.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2025 Stationery intentions? - Make it stand out A smooth cursive italic grind by Kirk Speer rekindled my love for the sole Visconti in my collection - the Homo Sapiens Bronze Age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/53cbeefa-dcd7-4641-860e-dd40f5196e3b/mermaid+and+bolo+bear+on+journals.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2025 Stationery intentions? - Make it stand out Bolo bear, the Mermaid, and two of my favorite inks (Taccia Ainezu and Diamine Maple Leaf), and some journals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/316a72b8-c3cd-4cd5-854e-211bf4fb9cf4/Mermaid+and+forg+on+blue+journal.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2025 Stationery intentions? - Make it stand out Mermaid and FORG! friend on a blue handmade journal. Blue has been growing on me lately. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/2025-fountain-pen-and-stationery-highlights-now-as-a-journaling-prompt monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/6c36b373-bd25-47fd-bfa1-0aa176c8a6ec/mermaid+tells+them+no.jpg Blog - #2025StationeryHighlights: Now as a Journaling prompt! - Make it stand out Montegrappa Mermaid tells them no. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/887b8479-d84f-4b00-bcc4-b34e15b702f4/Life+notebook.jpg Blog - #2025StationeryHighlights: Now as a Journaling prompt! - Make it stand out Writing and drawing with Ainezu in my Life Stationery Noble Note A6 journal in Grid. The pen is Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/04807d44-0c67-45f3-b4b2-4a6b8b9365ab/Deskscape+2025.jpg Blog - #2025StationeryHighlights: Now as a Journaling prompt! - Make it stand out On my desk: bicolor hourglass from The Gentleman Stationer, and letterpress notecards I like to use in early stages of outlining a fiction project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e1b6a9c7-50e7-4ef5-a7df-9e80db900bcc/notebook+and+HSBA.jpg Blog - #2025StationeryHighlights: Now as a Journaling prompt! - Make it stand out The Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age enjoys a new lease on life thanks to a cursive smooth italic grind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ac82b776-af7b-49b7-975b-f6fbe6a1f478/Mermaid+and+Maddalena+on+Kanban.jpg Blog - #2025StationeryHighlights: Now as a Journaling prompt! - Make it stand out Maddalena and Mermaid chilling on top of Kanban: Traditional Shop Signs of Japan. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/12-pen-person-questions monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/959cf1be-4641-4ef7-9301-2081a3583f02/montegrappa+and+pumpkin.jpg Blog - 12 Pen Person Questions - Make it stand out Montegrappa La Sirena on a gourd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/6c6e73b7-b920-4e16-aa89-35ccd3dd05df/scribbling+with+a+scribo.jpg Blog - 12 Pen Person Questions - Make it stand out Most likely to scribble with a Scribo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e7be501f-0852-48ed-a6c6-2256ab08b629/chickenscratch.jpg Blog - 12 Pen Person Questions - Make it stand out My quick writing is basically chickenscratch. I enjoy it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d0b5b9e1-4cb1-4083-a00b-58c9bcde1368/quick+cursive.jpg Blog - 12 Pen Person Questions - Make it stand out The smooth cursive italic nib on my Visconti Homo Sapiens helps elevate my quick writing into something slightly more disciplined, but I’m not writing for display. (some questions I prepped for my graduate student class). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/97d0b340-4b00-4295-a9a6-6ba9a39834a5/sylvia+beach+hotel+library+tripadvisor.jpg Blog - 12 Pen Person Questions - Make it stand out The library at the Sylvia Beach Hotel. Photo via Tripadvisor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/95e0ac4e-d840-4860-8f10-2bccd842e320/ready+to+go.jpg Blog - 12 Pen Person Questions - Make it stand out Ready to go somewhere, anywhere with my pen friends and the accompanying BIRD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0318e979-52e4-48a7-b7c6-878436f77b01/crocodile+on+galen+leather+pen+case.jpg Blog - 12 Pen Person Questions - Make it stand out This crocodile friend enjoys lounging on my leather case. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/ten-favorite-inks-nov-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/97a802dc-a5f0-474e-b9e8-c3ded59960dc/A6+life+journal+10+inks+last.jpg Blog - Ten favorite inks, Nov 2025 - Make it stand out The ten inks in my Life A6 journal with cream paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d0467736-8d84-4f35-9e26-5b20d604ffb3/shogun+maple+leaf+and+moctezuma.jpg Blog - Ten favorite inks, Nov 2025 - Make it stand out A closeup of some of those inks. My camera continues to misbehave: Moctezuma is much brighter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0830932a-012e-4a73-97be-84fe158dabcd/three+grey+inks.jpg Blog - Ten favorite inks, Nov 2025 - Make it stand out the gray/grey ink trio on Plotter paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4ac41d42-3bdd-4080-9b8c-d0e81773572c/jane+antique+black+and+steenrood.jpg Blog - Ten favorite inks, Nov 2025 - Make it stand out Another closeup. Moctezuma shows up better on this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/8160cf67-d2f4-48f7-b0b3-20d6561ed5ab/steenrood+coral+and+gatsby.jpg Blog - Ten favorite inks, Nov 2025 - Make it stand out I think I’ll need to upgrade my phone soon. I’m sorry for the quality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0aa656cf-4e19-4b07-9371-fccd1445b371/salted+caramel+and+ainezu.jpg Blog - Ten favorite inks, Nov 2025 - Make it stand out I feel this picture is pretty accurate to what I see on the page. Salted Caramel is lovely, and the shimmer is manageable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0155f4ac-e960-4d7d-8081-47fe35861e06/ten+inks+in+plotter.jpg Blog - Ten favorite inks, Nov 2025 - Make it stand out The ten inks on Plotter paper, with a roadrunner friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/aea7566d-54c7-4ee4-a175-752513c747ab/shogun+ink+and+three+pens.jpg Blog - Ten favorite inks, Nov 2025 - Make it stand out I inked my Kilk Yggdrasil with Shogun, and the next day I won the World Fantasy Award, which is represented by a tree. I should try this again with something else :) :) Top to bottom, Homo Sapiens Bronze Age (inked with Taccia Ainezu, perfect pairing), Montegrappa Mermaid with Diamine Blue Velvet, and Kilk Yggdrasil with Shogun. Bolo bear friend is enjoying the lineup. The bolo bear was a birthday addition to the Menagerie back in September :) https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/three-months-without-wanting-to-buy-a-pen monthly 0.5 2025-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/45776494-d790-4b21-9f09-f68b5f6afb98/mermaid+and+internazionale+with+raven+and+bear.jpg Blog - Three months without wanting to buy a pen - Make it stand out Montegrappa Mermaid, Aurora Internazionale, and friends turquoise raven and bolo bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a3071ba5-06f3-4aad-a48c-2b3902082c1d/beauty+in+my+tray+2.jpg Blog - Three months without wanting to buy a pen - Make it stand out A gloomy October morning with my Montegrappa La Sirena, Conid Kingsize Wild Tiger, Scribo Feel Maddalena, and Leonardo Momento Zero Fioritura Viola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ba65a5aa-2c5e-4850-8959-f63c30efaa44/journaling+with+the+maddalena.jpg Blog - Three months without wanting to buy a pen - Make it stand out Suboptimal lighting, dying camera in my cellphone, chickenscratch writing as I’m trying to catch up with my thoughts… writing all the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1d11fbad-ff59-44c1-b91b-fc05fe842b59/beauty+in+my+tray.jpg Blog - Three months without wanting to buy a pen - Make it stand out I love my collection so much, but have also been wondering whether to downsize a bit, again. I’ve not done so. Beadcat approves of the lineup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ab934023-d8f2-4832-b2ef-4ec2c0071d17/light+show.jpg Blog - Three months without wanting to buy a pen - Make it stand out We went to a light show called Terra Luna, held annually in the Overland Park arboretum. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/may-august-2025-in-stationery monthly 0.5 2025-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4185c13f-c524-47fa-8539-8301cdb8ab95/a+glimpse+of+the+sea.jpg Blog - Two Years of Curiosities, and May-August 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out “Beware the wave-soaked maidens / to whom the depths belong / if you sail upon their waters / then you won't sail for long” (Ginny Di, The Wave-Soaked Maiden) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/78ec52b6-7d6a-4d3f-823a-afc907393943/empty+conid.jpg Blog - Two Years of Curiosities, and May-August 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out Emptying out the Conid Bulkfiller has been satisfying. It took me almost two full months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/7d5a48d5-c5f3-4cf7-b2cf-693f73477c3c/brown-somethings.jpg Blog - Two Years of Curiosities, and May-August 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out Two “brown-something” inks. Akkerman Steenrood van Vermeer is billed as a red-brown, and it looks pretty red in a large swatch. It’s much more of a brown as a writing line. I do love it. Montblanc 80 days “brown” is not a brown. It’s elephant grey. If you squint at it in sunglasses and whisper “brown” in its direction, it might look your way, but then again, it might not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/acc06d31-b1ea-4d6e-8c47-442c274af1d8/bleed+through+laconic.jpg Blog - Two Years of Curiosities, and May-August 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out Laconic insert - great format and organization. but this is not a friend of juicy pens. Text on reverse was written with :1) EF Flex Scribo, 2) 149 vintage nib F. both bled through. Japanese pens might fare better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/abed9541-b4d4-4bed-977d-3ee745893d6f/a+gloomy+coffeeshop+morning.jpg Blog - Two Years of Curiosities, and May-August 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out My lineup on a gloomy morning - Amarillo pen sleeve with lanyard, Scribo Piuma, and Life notebook, and of course the Galen Magnum Opus case with yet more pens. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/true-motivations-revisited monthly 0.5 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/22bfcf51-2b16-4e6b-8ad0-dedfd8b96bdf/oblation.jpg Blog - True motivations, revisited - Make it stand out Oblation is a wonderful stationery store in Portland, OR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/73d0d70c-c2b2-4fe4-b9a1-bfc4abe3abf3/ibn+kammuna+notes.jpg Blog - True motivations, revisited - Make it stand out Excellent book, excellent pen, both obscure and difficult to source, both meaningful, but I don’t think prestige matters much - very few people know who Ibn Kammūna was, very few people would recognize a Conid, I don’t care if people recognize them or not (although if you want to talk to me about medieval Jewish philosophers OR fountain pens, that’s cool!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/c56b06c0-c02e-4e43-8cb2-75ab4f438b44/pen+box+and+conid.jpg Blog - True motivations, revisited - Make it stand out My Conid has been getting a lot of usage since Kirk Speer fixed it. I’m running out of ink in a bulkfiller, and it’s oddly satisfying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f4903809-220f-44e8-8a95-7f810bd121c5/scrawl+with+scribo+maddalena.jpg Blog - True motivations, revisited - Make it stand out The Scribo Feel Maddalena with scribbles. Ink is Montblanc 80 Days “Brown.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/82e696ab-5cec-4f94-b0ef-a6e73fa57603/mural+near+ursula%27s+house.jpg Blog - True motivations, revisited - Make it stand out A tile mural on Thurman, not too far from Ursula’s house. She did not write about it, I think it was installed after her time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/5ff32911-9921-4e55-8211-65be256758c0/Maddalena+on+leather+notebook.jpg Blog - True motivations, revisited - Make it stand out The Scribo Maddalena on a leather notebook. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/love-in-the-long-arc monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9280bfab-2d45-476c-b24f-8cc55b4f57ab/conid+with+bird.jpg Blog - Love in the long arc - Make it stand out Conid Kingsize Wild Tiger, Scribo Piuma Impressione, and beadbird friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/dfd13864-9341-45c7-9c57-949e9b19c3f2/notsu+with+pens.jpg Blog - Love in the long arc - Make it stand out Notsu to-do list wth Edison Menlo and and Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/97214d10-9017-4269-99f2-c6ad13b20dd1/Visconti+clip.jpg Blog - Love in the long arc - Make it stand out Visconti Homo Sapiens in the tray. The imperfection on the bridge clip has been there from the get-go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/abaa7ed3-c1af-4795-9641-c9187282a286/visconti+nib+2.jpg Blog - Love in the long arc - Make it stand out Cursive. Smooth. Italic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/7ef65599-5a6c-4058-9e0f-c842e1c39a76/saltire+and+EoC.jpg Blog - Love in the long arc - Make it stand out Pure Pens Saltire ink is almost half empty. I have no idea how that happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/db288899-33de-442f-b47e-0803a5e43c6b/montblanc+nib+with+beadcat+2.jpg Blog - Love in the long arc - Make it stand out Serious nibbage: Montblanc 149 nib with split ebonite feed in the Conid Bulkfiller Wild Tiger. Beadcat approves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/804b6887-e870-46e7-9806-0e2761560158/menlo+with+sleeve.jpg Blog - Love in the long arc - Make it stand out Edison Menlo Fingerpaints with the FC Music nib; Amarillo Stationery pen sleeve in the background. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/st-louis-pen-show-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1f85ec32-f1d1-4f15-a30a-201fe76f2775/watercolor+spread.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out My color spread during the wonderful watercolor class with Hannah Sheehan of Hannah Made It. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/214aba99-01cf-4c11-85bc-35343e69c7e1/watercolor+class+with+my+bird.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out Another picture from the watercolor class - my bird friend stashed away. You can actually find them also in the picture above :) though a bit stealth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d52dc160-72fe-48d8-a6e0-6a19adff68c3/a+tray+of+expensive+bespoke+pens.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out A tray of incredible bespoke pens with a gigantic BORB and other animals. I was so dazzled by this tray that I forgot to write down the maker and the vendor who sold the pens. Luckily, a reader emailed to say that this was the Penacea table, and the maker of the bird pen is Urso Luxury, an Italian brand. (Thank you, Rock!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2cc40efe-d5da-4852-a2b4-764365b1c7e8/chonk.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out Gigantic vintage chonky Japanese eyedropper. I planned to write things down, but it was early in the show and I was a bit overwhelmed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a98a1db9-fc38-4d29-8e62-e856b3a6bb56/stealth+conid.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out Al Shinogle’s Conid Regular Delrin with DLC coating with a titanium fine nib, also DLC coated, with a diamond tip. Superb stealth pen and completely unique. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e11c14fd-8229-4980-b341-2f2704ade099/taccia+display.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out Many dazzling Taccias on display at the Taccia table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/cdddc9d4-ccbc-4db3-9a36-529a2a601b72/Taccia+Empress+Shangri+La.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out Taccia Empress Shangri-La LE on a very cool textile. Even if I was rich, I could not bring her home with me - she’d bite me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/291641a4-118c-40d9-b258-72acb291a435/kirk+speer+working+on+my+pens.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out Kirk Speer adding a cursive smooth italic grind to my Visconti Homo Sapiens. Photo posted with permission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e2d506ab-6039-43ee-9b23-b23539278114/kirk+doodles.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out Trying some of my new grinds and adjusted pens at Kirk’ Speers table :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/8356b714-dc2e-4288-b8a4-558be59390b4/conid+with+akkerman+bottle.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out The crowning glory of the show: Kirk Speer fixed my Conid, and I now have two nibs for it - the Montblanc 149 nib is now installed. For those following along, yes, this is the Gentleman nib in his new attire :) I filled the Tiger from the gigantic Akkerman bottle. So happy. I had this pen for a whole year, but it’s like I got it brand new just now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/73c9255d-54f2-4ac4-8959-2a144c176e6e/this+one+came+home.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out The inkwell that came home with me. Its provenance is unknown, but it’s either Art Deco or Arts and Crafts. It has a tiny unicorn trademark on the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/691dc3c2-5006-4f5c-8040-3643209e05bc/antique+inkwell+table.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out A table of antique inkwells - this is a fundraiser for the STL Calligraphy Guild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f8d98a00-eae3-49dd-b4de-5c8fa2ffd1f0/ink+testing+table.jpg Blog - St Louis Pen Show 2025 - Make it stand out The array of inked pens at the ink testing table. They had a tray with pens 1-100 and a tray with pens 300-400. The numbers 100-300 were not in attendance :) https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/going-to-st-louis-pen-show monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/434a9369-cf7a-4e48-af94-445dfb9b1104/going+to+st+louis+pen+show.jpg Blog - Going to St. Louis Pen Show! - Make it stand out Travelers insert, pocket pen, and a box of inks I’m bringing for the pay-it-forward table. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/the-pleasure-of-craftsmanship-the-alfie-tray monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/99e094ba-22f3-4441-abe1-30f44b997407/the+alfie+tray+on+leather+blotter.jpg Blog - The pleasure of craftsmanship: the Alfie tray - Make it stand out The Stationery Stack Alfie tray on my rolltop desk, holding some uninked fountain pens and the grumpy beadcat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d45f8d8a-668e-4fe9-8ef4-c8bc3f9fde1c/at+an+angle+tray.jpg Blog - The pleasure of craftsmanship: the Alfie tray - Make it stand out The Alfie tray at an angle. I think the velvet lining is fantastic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/cc6f6889-edc1-4480-badd-e24dbd358bee/pocket+pen+side.jpg Blog - The pleasure of craftsmanship: the Alfie tray - Make it stand out The pocket pen side of the tray can fit midsize pens as well. Here it is with my Aurora Optima Viola, as well as two pocket pens - the Kaweco Lilliput Brass Wave and the Montegrappa Micra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/03056de3-875b-4525-8d3a-d29e10b60641/toyooka+vs+alfie+1.jpg Blog - The pleasure of craftsmanship: the Alfie tray - Make it stand out The Toyooka tray for 6 pens in brown alder (left) and the Alfie in maple (right).The grooves on the Alfie are deeper, and the spacing gives the pens more room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/8c144042-e9a7-4cfd-a08a-95ac84db11d8/corners.jpg Blog - The pleasure of craftsmanship: the Alfie tray - Make it stand out The corners of the trays. I love the lacquer on the Toyooka brown alder tray, and the rounded corners are pleasant. The Alfie tray showcases the beauty of solid maple. It is not lacquered, but it is very well made and smooth to the touch. The Alfie tray is taller overall and more substantial than the Toyooka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4903cd84-1f47-4991-a627-3df15ecee6c0/toyooka+vs+Alfie+2.jpg Blog - The pleasure of craftsmanship: the Alfie tray - Make it stand out Another look at the spacing on the Toyooka vs the Alfie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/bee57169-604c-4f43-afdd-d0c330bb88ed/the+auroras+ion+the+pocket+pen+side.jpg Blog - The pleasure of craftsmanship: the Alfie tray - Make it stand out The Alfie tray with two full-size Auroras on the pocket pen side - the Aurora Optima Viola and the Aurora Volterra. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/minimalism-by-any-other-name monthly 0.5 2025-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/684c1353-df42-4aec-b9e1-ebb3b437f17c/two+yixing+teapots.png Blog - Minimalism by any other name - Make it stand out Two yixing teapot siblings side by side on one of my many bookshelves. I love these little teapots, and wouldn’t mind having more, but I’m happy with these. I use one for shu pu’er, another for sheng. How many of those would a minimalist have? Probably zero. The imaginary minimalist could use teabags. Or brew the good tea grandpa style - I’ve done that myself on many occasions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a1401346-6886-49a8-95ba-18cc7a670aa6/three+inks+tablescape.jpg Blog - Minimalism by any other name - Make it stand out A little tablescape on my rolltop desk. With menagerie friend the alabaster rabbit, three fountain pens, and three inks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3c44c098-9392-44ec-bc49-f909488d180a/three+pens+three+inks.jpg Blog - Minimalism by any other name - Make it stand out Inks and pens - closeup. I’ve been thinking about buying a better camera or at least upgrading my smartphone - it’s ancient by now. But It works. So I don’t. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/39f41e33-2702-4caa-973c-2764dc1c326a/three+inks+closeup.jpg Blog - Minimalism by any other name - Make it stand out A closer look at the three inks - Montblanc Moctezuma, Montblanc Origin Coral, Teranishi Traveling Sepia. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/teranishi-traveling-sepia-and-antique-black-and-a-meditation-on-brown monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/16613d7c-c8aa-4cbe-8930-a1d601692974/brown+samples.png Blog - Teranishi Traveling Sepia and Antique Black; and a meditation on brown - Make it stand out Teranishi Traveling Sepia, a few samples from Vanness, and my pre-existing Montblanc Sand of the Desert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/b7690216-1b48-4427-82c4-5a3e4917fef6/onoto+sequoyah+with+friends.jpg Blog - Teranishi Traveling Sepia and Antique Black; and a meditation on brown - Make it stand out The Onoto Sequoyah pen with Menagerie friends beadcat and roadrunner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/6fc4a5b7-a11a-448c-b758-0f90871bddf1/brown+birds+deskscape.jpg Blog - Teranishi Traveling Sepia and Antique Black; and a meditation on brown - Make it stand out A deskscape for this review. For the inky experiments I drew two birds based on the cast iron bird. It’s been gloomy here, and the colors are difficult to photograph, but I think the mood comes through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/79f60de2-88e1-4467-b693-dc5197ee1329/antique+black+in+bird.jpg Blog - Teranishi Traveling Sepia and Antique Black; and a meditation on brown - Make it stand out Teranishi Antique Black on Midori paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e2be3068-e1ec-4fec-a28c-7558dd373a12/teranishi+sepia+and+black+writing+sample.jpg Blog - Teranishi Traveling Sepia and Antique Black; and a meditation on brown - Make it stand out A writing sample of both Teranishi Traveling Sepia and Teranishi Antique Black on Plotter paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/5241c8ca-3fcc-412e-997f-55c4173bc84e/traveling+sepia+in+bird.jpg Blog - Teranishi Traveling Sepia and Antique Black; and a meditation on brown - Make it stand out Teranishi Traveling Sepia inside a bird :) on Midori paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/aeb49688-c4e6-4c90-be4e-ddbb832e47cc/antique+copper+plate+and+teranishi+inks.jpg Blog - Teranishi Traveling Sepia and Antique Black; and a meditation on brown - Make it stand out Two new Teranishi inks with some old metal browns - a cast iron menagerie bird, and an Arts and Crafts copper plate with hammered flowers and shells. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/january-april-2025-in-stationery monthly 0.5 2025-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2c017879-bd2e-478c-81a7-772971679dc7/Maddalena+with+the+new+nib.jpg Blog - January-April 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out My beloved Scribo Feel Maddalena with the new EF 14k Flex ruthenium nib, with beadbird friend; MG Venetia Vintage Conifer and Kilk Yggdrasil in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3254c76b-e5ef-46a8-ab1d-f1948599b067/2025+1-4+retrospective+-+inking+the+venetia.jpg Blog - January-April 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out Refilling my Venetia with MB Jane Austen - I love this combination. As observed by Menagerie friends turquoise raven and grumpy beadcat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3826cc07-a612-415c-907d-9b9e5005ef5b/sequoyah.jpg Blog - January-April 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out The Onoto Magna Sequoyah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/fddf8f4c-eeff-4b60-a9e7-77927a48bcc3/onoto+with+friends.jpg Blog - January-April 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out Onoto Magna Sequoyah on my desk - a gorgeous pen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/37edcff2-53e2-4c51-b70b-883700f856a4/diamine+inkvent+2024.jpg Blog - January-April 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out Diamine Inkvent samples I got in January - I love Salted Caramel and am looking forward to using it in the Fall. I also tried Winterberry in January - and liked it a lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/36713065-53ed-435e-8181-2c888325946c/ink+spread+march.jpg Blog - January-April 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out One of the monthly ink spreads from my Plotter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/7128ebea-32d1-4f56-bd28-2f4d13b25f4e/Venetia+with+turquoise+raven.jpg Blog - January-April 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out Montegrappa Venetia Vintage Conifer with MB Jane Austen and the turquoise raven friend. I’ve reinked this pen with this ink already - and will likely reink again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/eed32af8-c227-4596-abd9-1c86b24cce74/hightide+sand+30+mins.jpg Blog - January-April 2025 in Stationery - Make it stand out I was not sure if I would use the Hightide bicolor hourglass, but it’s in daily use to measure Pomodoro writing segments, and it’s a big help when I need to squeeze in a bit of grading. The stream of sand is soothing, and the bicolor situation is beautiful. I also added a box of Notsu daily to-do list cards, and I have been using and enjoying those. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/montegrappa-venetia-vs-scribo-piuma monthly 0.5 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e3a99520-c7b1-42c7-b19a-3b88cf06b102/Montegrappa+Venetia+and+Scribo+Piuma.jpg Blog - Montegrappa Venetia vs Scribo Piuma - Make it stand out I love these pens side by side - both have a streamlined and sightly unusual silhouettes and I think they look good next to each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1e8d3bc9-bfb8-466b-a0b5-2461a7aa13b4/venetia+vs+piuma+barrel+engraving.jpg Blog - Montegrappa Venetia vs Scribo Piuma - Make it stand out Barrel engravings on the Montegrappa Venetia and the Scribo Piuma. I like the MG engraving quite a bit. The Scribo Piuma engraving is on another level for me - it is deep, clear, a minimalistic designer feature, and I personally love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/93a8a16f-b59b-4bed-9e16-df784310a9c7/venetia+vs+piuma+nibs.jpg Blog - Montegrappa Venetia vs Scribo Piuma - Make it stand out The Montegrappa Venetia uses a Jowo nib, in this case steel - this one has a reverse architect grind by Kirk Speer. The Piuma has the beautiful Scribo Feel the Writing 18k F nib. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/04cf1592-b7c1-42c0-9afa-1b054733a6d7/caps+venetia+vs+piuma.png Blog - Montegrappa Venetia vs Scribo Piuma - Make it stand out Caps of the Montegrappa Venetia (above) and the Scribo Piuma (below). It’s hard to see, but the black plastic insert of the Venetia feels quite cheap to me, it annoys me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2f7e7dca-2bab-4895-b86d-b84c11764d16/among+others+venetia+and+piuma.jpg Blog - Montegrappa Venetia vs Scribo Piuma - Make it stand out Montegrappa Venetia and Scribo Piuma in the company of other Italian pens. Top to bottom, Aurora Internazionale Arancione, Aurora 888 Volterra, Montegrappa Venetia Vintage Conifer, Scribo Piuma Impressione, Aurora Optima Viola, Scribo Feel Maddalena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/63e55074-f08a-45ac-a1f9-0d7fbf241262/venetia+vs+piuma+pen+ends.jpg Blog - Montegrappa Venetia vs Scribo Piuma - Make it stand out The Venetia has pointy ends :) the Piuma also has a very nice shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3d46bff8-3773-4fae-bfe9-e945910e0123/coffeeshop+venetia.jpg Blog - Montegrappa Venetia vs Scribo Piuma - Make it stand out Morning coffeeshop vibe with the Montegrappa Venetia and Travelers Tokyo notebook. Grumpy beadcat grudgingly approves. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/tariffs-a-vibe-cOXl6 monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d26997b9-b91c-4a1f-9d87-60dad02a2c1a/coffeeshop.jpg Blog - Tariffs, a vibe - Make it stand out Life continues, often in the darkest of times. Journaling about inks in a coffeeshop for a bit before diving into work. In honor of spring, my Onoto Keats fountain pen is inked with Akkerman Gourmet Pens Pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/85d770e5-1795-4edd-ac58-f03b63e63b9b/edison+in+company.jpg Blog - Tariffs, a vibe - Make it stand out My single American made pen, the Edison Menlo, enjoys the company of Italian friends. Top to bottom: Aurora Internazionale Arancione, Leonardo Momento Magico Bohemian Twilight, Edison Menlo Fingerpaints, Aurora Optima Viola, Aurora 888 Volterra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/77f3d520-eac5-4d25-8f7c-fdfe577dc9fc/this+is+fine.png Blog - Tariffs, a vibe - Make it stand out “This is fine!” large vinyl sticker from Yoseka. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/pavlovs-stationery-dog monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/8b220aa4-99a4-4845-9f32-8c4f46425a8e/pavlovs+stationery+dog.jpg Blog - Pavlov’s Stationery Dog - Make it stand out Salivating…. with my Aurora 888 Volterra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/06742c3f-056d-49fc-a7ec-3b0a860c2af5/notetaking+in+my+plotter+feb+2025.jpg Blog - Pavlov’s Stationery Dog - Make it stand out Some recent notes from a lecture I attended. I wanted to take some pictures in public spaces, but we’ve been snowed in all week; this is the best I can do at the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/47009862-6598-40e2-878c-0a109741ae38/outlining+a+presentation.jpg Blog - Pavlov’s Stationery Dog - Make it stand out Taking notes and building the structure of a co-authored presentation. With my beloved Leonardo Momento Magico in Brooks Bohemian Twilight. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/feeling-tender-in-a-devastating-world monthly 0.5 2025-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ae883773-963a-46f5-8d39-3b71faa700bf/tender+red+lid+and+kilk+yggdrasil.jpg Blog - Feeling tender in a devastating world - Make it stand out The Kilk Yggdrasil pen is one of my favorites. I keep writing it dry. Here with my A6 notebook and a lid of a leather art box I bought in Estonia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/15320946-d25b-4a41-b5be-ff462b603419/Magenta.jpg Blog - Feeling tender in a devastating world - Make it stand out I’ve moved very far away from black pen/black ink austerity. In January I sold my burgundy Scribo Piuma to a friend and picked up a second hand Scribo Feel Magenta instead. Magenta is not my color, and this pen might or might not stay, but it’s a great writer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e65a64e1-cb1b-4641-95f8-a21b08243d12/there+must+be+some+kind+of+light.jpg Blog - Feeling tender in a devastating world - Make it stand out Kilk Yggdrasil and Scribo Feel Arancia on a monster art plate I got in Estonia. Both are uninked. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/do-i-really-need-to-get-into-pantone-brown monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/7c4c2d03-c018-47b4-9eab-805d0f3ac91e/brown+box+and+pens.jpg Blog - Do I really need to get into Pantone brown? - Make it stand out On my main desk: my A6 journal, an antique brown box of unknown origin, and two brown pens: Kilk Yggdrasil (paired with Herbin Shogun) and Leonardo Momento Magico Bohemian Twilight (uninked). The menagerie friend on the left is a bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1737307665220-AECESG5WUASLZKNHEIQ3/brown+desk+scene.jpg Blog - Do I really need to get into Pantone brown? - Make it stand out A brown desk scene with inks, books, art pottery, doodles, and my Kilk Yggdrasil fountain pen inked with Herbin Shogun. Menagerie friends are two birds: beadbird and roadrunner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2c6ceed4-aafe-4e5c-b57c-77ec019a8c5f/brown+inks+vertical.jpg Blog - Do I really need to get into Pantone brown? - Make it stand out A few brown inks I am contemplating. The Montblancs in this picture are all labeled marron (brown), yet they could not be more different: Stevenson is faded map sepia, Sand of the Desert is a deep reddish brown hue, and Jane Austen Umber has a pronounced purple sensibility. The two Inkvent samples I got are brown, and I’m not sure when I’ll ink them, if at all - but they are nice to have for art. Shogun is inked regularly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ff77e4f2-6bd7-4a9f-9251-181d3c86c5e8/shogun+closeup+vertical+2.jpg Blog - Do I really need to get into Pantone brown? - Make it stand out Jacques Herbin Shogun - closeup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a0084f6e-7bd4-4502-a555-3c53cfca133c/brown+dragon+doodle.jpg Blog - Do I really need to get into Pantone brown? - Make it stand out Brown shimmer ink doodles - left to right, Herbin Shogun, Diamine Salted Caramel, Diamine Nutmeg. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/2025-stationery-intentions monthly 0.5 2025-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/6e220743-2dd6-4aad-9d42-b865b42a57dd/switching+inserts+A6.jpg Blog - 2025 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out At midnight, after raising a glass, I switched inserts in my A6 cover. For a change, I went with Midori MD paper as opposed to the Hobonichi blank grid and day free inserts I’ve been using throughout last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/81d0e12d-e62f-4710-8ef7-6826f003955a/pen+lineup+2025.jpg Blog - 2025 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out My NY pen line up includes beloved pens from Montegrappa, Kilk, Scribo, Aurora, and Onoto. The Montegrappa Micra is filled with Teranishi Smoky Navy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/06813201-d8ff-42e5-bebf-5292f0872289/2025+currently+inked+at+an+angle.jpg Blog - 2025 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out My Currently Inked pens, at an angle :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1e5a95fa-990f-4d2f-9d49-d5861362bc94/badger+helper.jpg Blog - 2025 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out My helpful tiny badger friend assists the clipless Kilk Dusk so it won’t roll off the desk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4615837d-4dc3-4c57-ae32-1ed611a1b483/beloved+pens+2025.jpg Blog - 2025 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out The pens in my lineup represent the milestones and ideas to take with me into 2025: accomplishment, poetry, myth, vitality, and whimsy :) With Menagerie friends raven and bear. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/year-in-review-what-happened-with-my-2024-stationery-intentions monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/61124b66-028a-4da2-b1d9-863ab27eea5c/three+fomo+pens+2024.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2024 Stationery Intentions? - Make it stand out Three FOMO pens of 2024: two Kilks and the Conid Tiger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a7a15e14-23af-4877-ba2c-d0d12ff495e5/wonderful+pens+of+2024.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2024 Stationery Intentions? - Make it stand out The year of FOMO (but I love my pens). Out of the 8 pens I bought this year, three were special editions that I had to make quick decisions on (two Kilks, and the Conid); three, including the Conid, were bought second hand; and only two of my purchases happened after a lot of lead time and thinking, which I prefer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/053c8a81-3a25-4788-9593-127cd67c97b7/FC+nib+in+the+Kilk.png Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2024 Stationery Intentions? - Make it stand out Franklin Christoph EF SIG flex nib with ebonite feed, in my Kilk Yggdrasil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1a69c94b-e8af-4b9f-9d4c-8280c7610c27/Aurora+88+with+friends.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2024 Stationery Intentions? - Make it stand out Aurora 88 with Menagerie friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/07e236b1-2767-48e3-b4ab-a06c38b111f1/tower+of+stationery+babylon+2024.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2024 Stationery Intentions? - Make it stand out Living my best life with the Tower of Stationery Babylon of 2024 — and, to the right, my the beloved Aurora Internazionale Arancione (2023) inked with Montblanc Moctezuma Pierced Sky. With menagerie friends Dave, alabaster rabbit, roadrunner, tiny badger, beadcat and raven. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/year-in-review-stationery-highlights monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/02e565b9-7e2c-4b37-91fc-7c4f76db694f/best+ink+2024.jpg Blog - Year in Review: Stationery Highlights 2024 - Make it stand out On my desk: qtips for ink swatching, Montblanc Moctezuma, Montblanc Origin Green, Herbin Turquoise de Perse, ink testing (on Plotter A5 Chart Grid), glass dip pen, and menagerie friends raven and alabaster rabbit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/5a22b3a7-de86-497d-b497-dd9653ab8c77/best+3+pens+2024.jpg Blog - Year in Review: Stationery Highlights 2024 - Make it stand out My other two top pens of 2024 are Italian: the Aurora 888 Volterra, and the Scribo Maddalena. Both were models from previous years, but I got them in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/bd90e9ad-6847-40e3-9d80-b0262f46c9fb/stickers+and+plotter.jpg Blog - Year in Review: Stationery Highlights 2024 - Make it stand out The sticker insert in my Plotter A5 is full of current favorites - mostly bird, critter, and painting-style stickers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/96ff1b62-6d7f-4bbc-b95e-1eb5c83b6de6/storage+options+2024.jpg Blog - Year in Review: Stationery Highlights 2024 - Make it stand out On the left: Toyooka desk tray in Hinoki Blue (love it). Center: a leather art box I bought in Estonia. On the right: StationeryFest pen sleeve for three pens from Rickshaw. Underneath: Galen Leather Magnum Opus for 6 pens (old case, also my favorite). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2910a2b4-1e43-4cc6-8336-ba8614c3036f/menagerie+friends+2024.jpg Blog - Year in Review: Stationery Highlights 2024 - Make it stand out Dave the orange cat has become besties with the beadcat. They are often seen together. The chrysocolla raven is new to the Gathering, and loves talking to everybody else. The brown bird is supposed to be a roadrunner, but their very long tail and turquoise stars remind me of mythic images of the goddess Bird from my own fantasy universe. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/a-mini-techo-kaigi-and-plotter-a5-setup-thoughts monthly 0.5 2024-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0f9febcf-2994-4c4d-aa0c-aa5f4034515f/two+journals+and+pen+case.jpg Blog - A Mini Techo Kaigi, and Plotter A5 Setup Thoughts - Make it stand out Working in a coffeeshop on a gloomy, freezing December morning with my analog tools. Featuring the new to me Montegrappa Micra I got from Brad. It’s really bright. And has a cursive italic nib. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/93690279-7474-4385-9d8a-8422b8eeb308/journal+with+micra.jpg Blog - A Mini Techo Kaigi, and Plotter A5 Setup Thoughts - Make it stand out Hobonichi blank insert in the Orange Leatherworks A6, with a newcomer to the Gathering, Montegrappa Micra :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1a9b288f-c8cb-4f58-bb2d-3aefb759974c/techo+kaigi.jpg Blog - A Mini Techo Kaigi, and Plotter A5 Setup Thoughts - Make it stand out A stack of journals and covers for my Techo Kaigi - only two are in active use. With Menagerie friends Dave (orange cat) and beadcat; as well as the grumpy beadcat on my Tokyo Travelers cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/5b0e4ebe-b668-4859-9b49-33b930342539/sticker+insert+2.jpg Blog - A Mini Techo Kaigi, and Plotter A5 Setup Thoughts - Make it stand out I carry some cool stickers in a sticker insert. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ee93c313-0d72-4b6c-82e5-7d59b3016d6b/plotter+to-do.jpg Blog - A Mini Techo Kaigi, and Plotter A5 Setup Thoughts - Make it stand out Daily pages on a blue quadrant grid in my Plotter. With Kilk Yggdrasil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f0443c54-f8e1-4548-8d8b-0b929da03a09/Plotter+with+divider.jpg Blog - A Mini Techo Kaigi, and Plotter A5 Setup Thoughts - Make it stand out Dividers are a very useful feature in my Plotter A5, allowing me to separate different parts of the organizer. This one comes before the writing parts in my plotter. I use snail stickers to remind myself that it’s good to work at my own pace. The snail ship is one of my favorite stickers in existence and it represents my research. The Embroidered Worlds sticker came with my contributor copy of Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora. I love it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/76ebc40b-0c62-4b95-b92d-f8c84a6192f6/plotter+with+conid.jpg Blog - A Mini Techo Kaigi, and Plotter A5 Setup Thoughts - Make it stand out A chart grid page with my journal list in disability studies. With the alabaster rabbit friend, and my Aurora Internazionale and Conid Tiger. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/kilk-yggdrasil-and-kilk-dusk monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4cb3d24b-2fb8-40a2-868b-9c543745f577/Kilk+Yggdrasil+packaging.jpg Blog - Kilk Yggdrasil and Kilk Dusk - Make it stand out The Kilk Yggdrasil pen comes in incredible packaging. There’s also an interior box, which is grey, and reminded me of Scribo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/dc8a4cd5-d84e-4873-954c-26be5e8411db/kilk+yggdrasil+and+kilk+dusk+and+raven+friend.jpg Blog - Kilk Yggdrasil and Kilk Dusk - Make it stand out Kilk Dusk, Kilk Yggdrasil, and a raven friend. You cannot have Norse mythology without ravens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/360ce637-4528-41e1-b2c7-ec97303c8a7f/Yggdrasil+with+beadbird.jpg Blog - Kilk Yggdrasil and Kilk Dusk - Make it stand out Kilk Yggdrasil with a Franklin Christoph EF SIG Flex nib, being observed here by the beadbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d350ff27-d17c-4ab8-ab0f-bbbb83163a3a/Kilk+Yggdrasil+on+a+page+of+the+Edda.jpg Blog - Kilk Yggdrasil and Kilk Dusk - Make it stand out Kilk Yggdrasil on a page of the Poetic Edda describing the ash tree Yggdrasil. In the light of a November morning, the pen is harder to photograph, but this resin has incredible richness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ec3c2d7a-dcc0-4586-858c-009efcf81a3e/Kilk+and+Leonardo+side+by+side.jpg Blog - Kilk Yggdrasil and Kilk Dusk - Make it stand out There is definitely an aesthetic similarity between the Leonardo Momento Magico Bohemian Twilight and the Kilk Yggdrasil, but they are also different enough that I am not worried (for now). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/374e24ed-0144-4bc3-9171-c92677c3c201/Yggdrasil+with+two+SIG+nibs+and+beadbird+and+raven.jpg Blog - Kilk Yggdrasil and Kilk Dusk - Make it stand out Kilk Yggdrasil with some FC SIG nibs (long may they reign) and two Menagerie friends, beadbird and raven. The raven is new to the Menagerie and has many things to say :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/cf98a9a3-107d-49ff-b0b3-4fcc65a8bd78/kilk+yggdrasil+in+hand+2.jpg Blog - Kilk Yggdrasil and Kilk Dusk - Make it stand out Kilk Yggdrasil in hand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a7dbfad6-c69c-47bb-b1e6-18f6150b7136/Yggdrasil+finial+2.jpg Blog - Kilk Yggdrasil and Kilk Dusk - Make it stand out The finial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a35bd5e2-7a6c-4115-bd51-3e11d8265d45/Yggdrasil+with+beadbird+and+raven+and+ink.jpg Blog - Kilk Yggdrasil and Kilk Dusk - Make it stand out Raven and beadbird are assisting with ink selection for my Kilk Yggdrasil. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/ink-review-jacques-herbin-turquoise-de-perse monthly 0.5 2024-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9149ed5f-b982-404b-976d-95694dac1709/herbin+bottles.jpg Blog - Ink Review: Jacques Herbin Turquoise de Perse - Make it stand out Four Herbin shimmers, left to right: Émeraude de Chivor, Kenzo Takada Shogun, Vert Atlantide, and Turquoise de Perse. The Kenzo Takada ink does not have a wax cap, and that has bothered me a bit. I've even considered applying wax to it myself, and might yet do just that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1e746e1e-36dc-4878-8888-9f01af8d0e45/inky+spread.jpg Blog - Ink Review: Jacques Herbin Turquoise de Perse - Make it stand out Inky spread with my palette in the Plotter A5 Chart Grid, the Leonardo Momento Magico pen, and menagerie friends beadcat and alabaster rabbit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/cf352719-3b14-4bfe-8215-eaab98b8fd51/writing+test.jpg Blog - Ink Review: Jacques Herbin Turquoise de Perse - Make it stand out Trying out the ink in my Hobonichi blank insert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ffe70ac7-5f17-4f0e-9da0-1c66611e8050/art+making+setup.jpg Blog - Ink Review: Jacques Herbin Turquoise de Perse - Make it stand out Art setup - I decanted some of the ink using a syringe. I think I did not shake the bottle well enough, or some of the shimmer sank to the bottom of my dish, because there wasn't as much shimmer to work with. :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/77a0b58e-c8f1-4f37-a12e-b1104630067c/simurgh+spread+2.jpg Blog - Ink Review: Jacques Herbin Turquoise de Perse - Make it stand out Simurgh inky drawing in my Travelers journal with a Midori insert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/aa5a6422-3749-47b3-966f-fdf92243a37f/simurgh+closeup+2.jpg Blog - Ink Review: Jacques Herbin Turquoise de Perse - Make it stand out Simurgh closeup :) https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/emotional-support-stationery-friendship-edition monthly 0.5 2024-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/41172d35-5caa-4880-b38b-287d32b7d466/gift+inks.jpg Blog - Emotional support stationery, friendship edition - Make it stand out Swatching some of the ink samples I received from Nicole (@aerognome) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/64d2cd48-5cd5-4631-9657-401207c370b9/viola+with+maple+leaf.jpg Blog - Emotional support stationery, friendship edition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/71040068-c70f-4bb2-ac1b-b93b4bf1254b/friendship+inks.jpg Blog - Emotional support stationery, friendship edition - Make it stand out Some of the samples I received from Nicole. Thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9d79d706-479b-428a-b029-78e05e47f8c0/aurora+internazionale+moctezuma+2.jpg Blog - Emotional support stationery, friendship edition - Make it stand out Aurora Internazionale with MB Moctezuma ink and new Menagerie bird friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/92f423c4-ece0-4a24-88de-3102195bb78f/oblation+sitka+spruce.jpg Blog - Emotional support stationery, friendship edition - Make it stand out Onoto Magna Keats with Oblation Sitka Spruce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4fec578b-b7ec-4267-b5a2-13e1644234be/montegrappa.jpg Blog - Emotional support stationery, friendship edition - Make it stand out Montegrappa Miya 450 with a titanium nib, and Montblanc 80 days brown ink (it's grey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/169218bc-6b97-4979-88a2-17dbdbb875dd/nib.png Blog - Emotional support stationery, friendship edition - Make it stand out A close-up of the Ti Bock nib. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/abb660d6-eb1d-4624-bc62-13bfca7d416d/ink+and+bear.jpg Blog - Emotional support stationery, friendship edition - Make it stand out Herbin Turquoise de Perse with a new bear friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/67255177-4fed-4978-ba16-11bd4f9c9c69/gift+inks+spread.jpg Blog - Emotional support stationery, friendship edition - Make it stand out All together now :) https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/an-accidental-montblanc-addition monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f43a52de-4ce3-4cbc-8d8a-855d658c5033/nib+149.jpg Blog - An accidental Montblanc addition - Make it stand out Nib beauty shot on a vintage Montblanc 149 from the 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/67d4ca18-3c22-410c-a112-23055749522d/gathering+lineup+with+149.jpg Blog - An accidental Montblanc addition - Make it stand out Some Gathering pens, and the Montblanc 149. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/8f818f2a-5632-40ed-ae82-2f13c94a989d/nib+and+journal.jpg Blog - An accidental Montblanc addition - Make it stand out The 149, uncapped, and writing with it in my daily journal. The ink is Montblanc Origin Green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f421d577-7970-40cc-a9ea-e51dd628790a/three+pens+149+and+two+auroras.jpg Blog - An accidental Montblanc addition - Make it stand out Three pens on a Plotter A5 - Montblanc 149, Aurora 88 Volterra, and Aurora Internazionale Arancio. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/a-year-of-curiosities monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/6674c0cc-7855-4a8f-916d-aa347b1fcb9d/a+year+of+curiosities.jpg Blog - A Year of Curiosities - Make it stand out Aurorae Internazionale and Volterra, with "The World" card from Botanica, by Kevin Jay Stanton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/242c2848-60a1-46d1-aaee-d6fbe87838c5/books+and+inkwell.png Blog - A Year of Curiosities - Make it stand out From “The Soft Long Story” - some of my books with an antique inkwell and my Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1701133721953-QO66SWJKOZVTZMUR218A/menagerie+pie+with+pen.png Blog - A Year of Curiosities - Make it stand out Menagerie friends beadbird and alabaster rabbit, with the menagerie-themed Onoto Magna Keats featuring a nightingale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ed521d2f-6580-4921-9f39-44a8c083db8e/Aurora+on+Journal.png Blog - A Year of Curiosities - Make it stand out The Aurora Internazionale Orange on journal, with a beadcat friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/fe46040d-cef9-4dcc-94c8-1daa74060f8a/what+are+we+looking+for+light.jpg Blog - A Year of Curiosities - Make it stand out An image from "What are we looking for?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f65be3e3-b55c-4b9e-a01f-e23f34618d34/galen+leather.jpg Blog - A Year of Curiosities - Make it stand out A currently linked lineup from "A Portable Sanctuary" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/18dad6ff-a656-41f2-9b46-1961cf1fef09/Conid+and+neko.jpg Blog - A Year of Curiosities - Make it stand out Menagerie friend neko cat observing the Conid Tiger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1724796039698-IGLXHL67E6LM7LP8PIFY/A+year+of+curiosities+with+quince.png Blog - A Year of Curiosities - Make it stand out Aurora 88 Volterra, New Hobonichi Day-Free insert, Orange Leatherworks cover aging beautifully, and the "World" card from the Botanica deck. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/may-august-2024-in-stationery monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ea732fcf-5aa8-455d-866f-a3f1970f8fca/Internazionale+back+home.jpg Blog - May-August 2024 in Stationery - Make it stand out Aurora Internazionale Arancio, a locally made glass dip pen sourced from Wonderfair, and a menagerie friend beadcat (there are a few beadcats, but the two grumpiest ones are my special friends). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e13c8e9b-217f-4532-b7b7-78a5b54f9b51/conid+and+aurora+volterra.jpg Blog - May-August 2024 in Stationery - Make it stand out Conid Wild Tiger and Aurora 88 Volterra, with menagerie friends amber bear and beadcat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/c39ff518-77c9-4d9a-8849-89dd63414992/nibs+nibs+nibs.jpg Blog - May-August 2024 in Stationery - Make it stand out Left to right: Scribo Piuma Inmpressione with 18k F nib; Onoto Magna Keats with a 18k F nib; Aurora Volterra with an 18k F nib (each of these Fs is different!), Aurora Internazionale with an IB nib. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/95fca195-7e8f-4613-bd21-928b2047cb1f/closeups+of+four+pens.jpg Blog - May-August 2024 in Stationery - Make it stand out Closeups of fountain pens and caps. The cap of the Onoto Scholar is graced with a nightingale. Maybe one day they’ll issue a Percy Bysshe Shelley pen with a skylark on it, so I can have it too. Living the dream of bird-themed poetry in fountain pens. Extremely niche, but so it goes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/557a377a-9536-4952-9493-d0d49776a74e/ink+samples+from+Mary.jpg Blog - May-August 2024 in Stationery - Make it stand out Ink samples from Mary - thank you, Mary! :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/17488ba6-4f90-424e-a552-e53a3402a684/journals+summer+2024.jpg Blog - May-August 2024 in Stationery - Make it stand out Notebooks of the summer: Plotter A5 Wine, Travelers Tokyo, my Hobonichi Day-Free A6 in the Orange Leatherworks cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/c6802467-36ee-48d1-8b4b-d33fc5015414/toyooka+craft+trays.jpg Blog - May-August 2024 in Stationery - Make it stand out Some recent currently inked pens in two Toyooka trays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/95beb9a1-2c46-44ff-ab79-b5a837c562fc/oblation+sitka+spruce+from+jessica.jpg Blog - May-August 2024 in Stationery - Make it stand out A sample of Oblation Sitka Spruce from Jessica - thank you so much! I love this color. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/alabaster-and-orange monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d916c83b-cca0-4cbc-be4b-433eabcb073b/conid+journaling.jpg Blog - Alabaster and Orange and no Immediate Clarity - Make it stand out Journaling about the Conid on a gloomy morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/15ce18fc-bc19-48d4-aed4-64cc041024ea/internazionale+and+beadbird.jpg Blog - Alabaster and Orange and no Immediate Clarity - Make it stand out I had to send this beauty back to italy - the cap developed a hairline crack :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/16b02e5a-242f-4d15-b303-243c7b8baece/Aurora+Volterra.jpg Blog - Alabaster and Orange and no Immediate Clarity - Make it stand out The Aurora Volterra 888 in an orange context https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d2c1d718-73cf-4951-a4db-c83ac8f716dc/Inking+the+Aurora+Volterra.jpg Blog - Alabaster and Orange and no Immediate Clarity - Make it stand out Aurora Volterra with Menagerie friend the alabaster rabbit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/18dad6ff-a656-41f2-9b46-1961cf1fef09/Conid+and+neko.jpg Blog - Alabaster and Orange and no Immediate Clarity - Make it stand out Conid Wild Tiger with a Menagerie friend neko cat. The vintage orange cat is completely hand-stitched and hand-decorated, and I got it at Artifacts in Iowa City. Margaret had the neko sitting on the counter for many months until I finally asked about him, and she let me have him for four dollars. He’s been with me for almost a decade at this point. And we miss you, Margaret <3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/70be25b9-4d25-42c3-a590-5dca148b68f3/class+of+2024.jpg Blog - Alabaster and Orange and no Immediate Clarity - Make it stand out Class of 2024 so far, bottom to top in order of acquisition: Scribo Maddalena, Aurora Volterra, Conid Wild Tiger. My intention for 2024 is to buy 6 fountain pens or less. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/montblanc-origin-coral-and-montblanc-origin-green monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/45b416ef-ca82-48de-a215-d555d074e7d7/montblanc+origin+coral+and+green.jpg Blog - Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green - Make it stand out Montblanc Origin Green and Coral inks with Menagerie friend beadbird on a chunk of malachite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/90b9db90-2e80-4cb6-9b88-e6d19f1b2c01/ink+dragons+line+art.jpg Blog - Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green - Make it stand out Line art of the ink creatures - gryphon and dragon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1818c41b-57a2-41c3-bcda-cd4cea83aafe/comparison+montblanc+reds.jpg Blog - Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0e90ddbf-c6f4-4e20-b963-68d7401d64af/gvfc+green+and+mb+origin+green.jpg Blog - Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green - Make it stand out Graf von Faber Castell Moss Green versus Montblanc Origin Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/c2e58ad7-ebdf-4681-be4f-935140b910f5/writing+sample+2.jpg Blog - Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green - Make it stand out Testing both inks on new Tomoe River in my Hobonichi A6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/124dc914-e9ae-44d8-a128-5b1884fa620a/writing+sample+greens.jpg Blog - Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green - Make it stand out Top of the page GvFC Moss Green, bottom of the page: Montblanc Origin Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/8202adfa-ff65-46e2-bb92-d226023bcadd/dragon+gryphon+duo.jpg Blog - Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d59fa7f9-b3dc-4319-8831-e57ff790dcf6/review+setup+with+dragons.jpg Blog - Montblanc Origin Coral and Montblanc Origin Green - Make it stand out More of the dragons, just because I can https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/working-with-plotter-a5 monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/63077b21-2d30-4b95-980e-77add3db610a/Plotter+Bible+vs+A5.jpg Blog - Working with PLOTTER A5: Chart Grid and Blue Quadrant Inserts - Make it stand out Plotter Bible Pueblo Black and Plotter A5 Liscio Wine. Pens are my Onoto Scholar, and the Uni gel pen in Peach Milk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a06c612f-ccfe-4731-97e6-b9e54d67850a/Bibliography+lists.jpg Blog - Working with PLOTTER A5: Chart Grid and Blue Quadrant Inserts - Make it stand out Keeping track of a bibliography list for a particular project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ae6d4976-9b71-4f79-bf5b-0e81f48c0bbb/June+unsorted+to-do+with+prints.jpg Blog - Working with PLOTTER A5: Chart Grid and Blue Quadrant Inserts - Make it stand out Unsorted June To-do List with some of my recently completed linocuts for my upcoming novella YOKE OF STARS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d51f9809-b013-45f6-a419-ccd8012f69d1/journal+list.jpg Blog - Working with PLOTTER A5: Chart Grid and Blue Quadrant Inserts - Make it stand out A list of journals on Plotter Chart grid, with the snout of a Menagerie friend the crocodile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/b2879db3-2d58-491e-b72b-bfba98c76f6e/Plotter+chart+grid+submissions.jpg Blog - Working with PLOTTER A5: Chart Grid and Blue Quadrant Inserts - Make it stand out Keeping track of my academic submissions - in a coffeeshop :) with Aurora Optima Viola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3e0847e3-ae86-4f9c-8b4b-efec9b77f268/chart+grid+blue+A5+vs+Bible.jpg Blog - Working with PLOTTER A5: Chart Grid and Blue Quadrant Inserts - Make it stand out Blue Grid comparison between A5 and Bible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/88abf49e-a054-4d8c-a0b0-69fca5c65fe2/daily+to-do+A5.jpg Blog - Working with PLOTTER A5: Chart Grid and Blue Quadrant Inserts - Make it stand out Coffeeshop planning with the A5 - not as easily portable as the Bible, but has a lot more room. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/wanting-and-having monthly 0.5 2024-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0d570a2f-7808-4854-b786-fe690f78502d/pen+macros+2.jpg Blog - Wanting and having - Make it stand out Currently Inked pen beauty shots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9d3957de-f4dd-401c-9c4f-46a2fd926013/aurora+and+crocodile.jpg Blog - Wanting and having - Make it stand out Aurora Internazionale with Menagerie friend, the crocodile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/836d01f4-d7af-4bd6-89da-5bdbf13eb310/two+scribos.jpg Blog - Wanting and having - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/22de2f80-f45a-4b4c-ad06-6d3e4cd3f6cb/maddalena+close-up+2.jpg Blog - Wanting and having - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/estonia-recap-stationery-edition monthly 0.5 2024-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/af51ef78-35f0-43c8-915b-33ddd0d86cf7/tartu+university.jpg Blog - Estonia recap, stationery edition - Make it stand out Tartu University :) Loved being here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0a5009c6-7a37-4936-8f3f-117aa34c0902/sfra+maddalena.jpg Blog - Estonia recap, stationery edition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/5b2dc572-2ca0-4c38-9c8b-8f32bc513672/travel+case.jpg Blog - Estonia recap, stationery edition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a26e344d-d467-4c64-8091-e5361a89eef3/journal+spread.jpg Blog - Estonia recap, stationery edition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/106ffcd7-5e09-4d43-8f6d-2b40f5bbbcc5/typa+art+book.jpg Blog - Estonia recap, stationery edition - Make it stand out An art book at TYPA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4cc71774-dc66-43fb-86df-9acb9143edf2/Tallinn+old+town+bulls.jpg Blog - Estonia recap, stationery edition - Make it stand out Wrought iron bulls in Tallinn’s old town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/289b8679-156b-4b9b-945b-ade4fc398681/assortment+of+goodies.jpg Blog - Estonia recap, stationery edition - Make it stand out an assortment of goodies, with the new Menagerie friend, the Crocodile https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/january-april-2024-four-months-in-stationery monthly 0.5 2024-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f7272fb7-b376-4c74-8b4e-5a3a2446505e/scribo+feel+maddalena.jpg Blog - January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/118032fc-0fb9-4a47-995a-bdd022072c12/currently+inked+May+1.jpg Blog - January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/fa8bafab-834e-4d65-aff7-375847c6a2ea/montblanc+klimt.jpg Blog - January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/180e103a-1d08-4215-af2b-b173281ed786/ink+book+cover.jpg Blog - January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/db68bd86-62fb-47c4-9071-ab50050d7dd7/ink+book.jpg Blog - January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/124f5235-ceb7-4dd3-b8bb-102f4ea38c83/sun+shelf+and+hobonichi.jpg Blog - January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/8e22947a-ae74-4c9b-b9e8-9bbdb4e6cc67/swapping+out+the+insert.jpg Blog - January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/27203b96-3c0c-448c-8503-c49f195944e5/blue+insert.jpg Blog - January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0902cd27-1f45-4e6b-8d86-21b6bd69071a/plotter+grid.jpg Blog - January - April 2024: Four Months in Stationery - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/the-sadness-of-finishing-a-notebook monthly 0.5 2024-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/b400c1d7-dc35-4362-8b13-af19110691bd/finishing+a+notebook.jpg Blog - The sadness of finishing a notebook - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e11d9e78-daaf-4962-81ff-a7cbac7574e7/notebook+full.jpg Blog - The sadness of finishing a notebook - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/method-and-mayhem-digging-myself-out-with-plotter-lists monthly 0.5 2024-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d97bc0ca-b2c9-41c3-8265-6f0ac4b6159a/lists+2.jpg Blog - Method and Mayhem: Digging myself out with Plotter lists - Make it stand out Lists, lists, lists. Plotter in Bible size is my go-to organizer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4e076786-7fae-46dd-a416-6290144f4813/lists+1.jpg Blog - Method and Mayhem: Digging myself out with Plotter lists - Make it stand out Lists, lists, lists. With Leonardo Momento Magico Bohemian Twilight and Aurora Internazionale Arancio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ff6bc715-ac48-4523-9bd6-09ae759f8b70/frog.jpg Blog - Method and Mayhem: Digging myself out with Plotter lists - Make it stand out One of the things I’m working on is a linocut promo print for my upcoming book, Yoke of Stars (July 2024). But I am also doing frogs, because frogs are in my big private novel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/af224b2e-aa36-4964-88b2-3f539a39a392/begin+with+one.jpg Blog - Method and Mayhem: Digging myself out with Plotter lists - Make it stand out “Begin with one” is a line from Sofia Samatar’s new novella The Practice, The Horizon, and the Chain - it is marvelous, and I warmly recommend it. “Begin with one” is an important reminder to myself (in my plotter divider) to begin with just one thing when I am faced with multiple conflicting priorities. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/dispatches-from-the-archives monthly 0.5 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d6c746fe-43f7-4238-abe0-c14dc25df070/ursula+k+le+guin+archives.jpg Blog - Dispatches from the archives - Make it stand out Ursula K. Le Guin archives at the University of Oregon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/302ce2c4-5fbf-4789-b542-f81d67732d43/notebook+page.jpg Blog - Dispatches from the archives - Make it stand out “Joy is the oldest geometry” is a quote from one of my Birdverse stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/bec4fcf7-50a1-4296-be1c-c0a52c540237/journaling+in+oregon.jpg Blog - Dispatches from the archives - Make it stand out Leonardo Momento Magico Bohemian Twilight has been my most used FP on this trip. It is inked with FWP Moonlit Jade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d4be4191-1fb7-41d0-8b0b-589161f8aa81/bellessi+folder+ukl.jpg Blog - Dispatches from the archives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/a-portable-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2024-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/58a2158a-5677-4bcb-89b7-a597eb0d922f/pencils.jpg Blog - A Portable Sanctuary - Make it stand out The archivists gave me some pencils in UO SCUA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d79066e4-8948-4329-ba50-5ed978691e7d/Oregon+pens+and+postcards.jpg Blog - A Portable Sanctuary - Make it stand out Writing postcards from Eugene back in 2021. Only one of these pens still remains in the gathering - the Sailor Pro Gear Après Ski. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f65be3e3-b55c-4b9e-a01f-e23f34618d34/galen+leather.jpg Blog - A Portable Sanctuary - Make it stand out Currently inked from last week, in the Galen Leather Magnum Opus 6 case. The Aurora Internazionale does not leave home, but the other ones do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/62c9253b-b79d-485a-a4b6-ae888c1edd31/journal+and+plotter.jpg Blog - A Portable Sanctuary - Make it stand out Plotter and journal with daily notes; some about packing my pens, some about events I want to attend. Plotter notes are about the upcoming archival work. The fountain pen here is the Onoto Magna Keats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f0742372-364a-4521-b9a7-46415329b796/drying+pens.jpg Blog - A Portable Sanctuary - Make it stand out Pens washed and drying in anticipation of being inked for the trip. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/the-wet-pen-inks-deception-pass-and-elliott-bay monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/92ddbf5f-dfbd-4d67-a482-4cc448b0059d/Screenshot+2024-02-12+at+2.16.08+PM.png Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out An image from The Wet Pen blog: the three inks are Deception Pass, Elliott Bay, and Rainier Blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/01348342-5624-42ed-b48b-e1b236941742/the+wet+pen+inks+in+box.jpg Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out The ink arrived here safely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/69f1d7e6-7434-4479-9a21-35a853e9d949/the+wet+pen+bottles.jpg Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out Elliott Bay on the right and Deception Pass on the left, but you wouldn’t necessarily know. Accompanied by Menagerie friends the birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d2f8d67e-e781-4bbd-8e21-6a03d5520a36/ink+mess.png Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out Creating a mess while reviewing inks is becoming traditional here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4b61721d-a7a6-488a-9b59-a537cbe26eae/closer+look+at+samples.jpg Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out A closer look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a509e68e-acbb-4a07-b4b8-c982d94d5e19/tomoe+original.jpg Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out Old Tomoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ac5d6e49-f69c-4746-a5bb-333f03a1c2ae/new+tomoe.jpg Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out New Tomoe, in my Hobonichi day-free https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/339601dd-3f01-4a88-aaa6-64c82c5b9b86/comparisons.jpg Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out Comparison between four inks on Midori paper: The Wet Pen Deception Pass and Elliott Bay, Montblanc Glacier, and Dominant Industry Chicken in the Sky with Diamonds for Wonderpens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/5cf388a0-1d0e-40c5-b672-1b080a12cf60/comparisons+2.jpg Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out Three landscape-inspired inks and a chicken (though sky is a landscape too, to be fair) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3fd5b166-1917-443b-bd39-9b3ef843d75b/journal+with+deception+pass.jpg Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out The ink is dry on the top and wetter towards the bottom - you can see a bit of the color change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/c9bf5ce9-b6e5-4df9-8bcc-596e96a9b788/ink+dragons.jpg Blog - The Wet Pen Inks: Deception Pass and Elliott Bay - Make it stand out Dragon doodles on Midori :))) https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/reconnecting-with-my-scribo-feel-a-riveder-le-stelle monthly 0.5 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/35980f7e-6840-4922-b6e8-50875ddb44bf/scribo+ARLS+closed+on+journal.jpg Blog - Reconnecting with my Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle - Make it stand out Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle on top of my journal, in front of some of my books. With Menagerie friends the bats :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/30d9f9d2-cda6-4c69-9e3f-25d3f0b41858/Scribo+ARLS+open+in+front+of+books.jpg Blog - Reconnecting with my Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle - Make it stand out Scribo ARLS - uncapped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1a8f59ab-a774-4160-b38c-2a617ccd3ac0/scribo+family.jpg Blog - Reconnecting with my Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle - Make it stand out Scribo family portrait :)) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/bee75180-aceb-495b-8a1c-1340d59c074e/Scribo+ARLS+nib+shot.jpg Blog - Reconnecting with my Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle - Make it stand out Scibo M Flex nib beauty shot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/451b5fd3-9b4a-496c-92d7-aeb9f5a2bf5b/writing.png Blog - Reconnecting with my Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle - Make it stand out Journaling about the pen. Again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0024ba65-c791-4f9b-bf0c-3e513ca58841/scribo+on+top+of+my+books.jpg Blog - Reconnecting with my Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle - Make it stand out Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle on top of my books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/b12dd64e-400e-443a-bb31-2dcb46104829/life+lacks+purpose.jpeg Blog - Reconnecting with my Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/17inkquestions-a-gathering-of-curiosities-edition monthly 0.5 2024-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/66eece4d-30f0-43a9-84db-b2b56af4e61e/MB+red+fox+with+bird.jpg Blog - #17InkQuestions: A Gathering of Curiosities edition - Make it stand out Montblanc Red Fox with bird friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/87c715f0-adbe-43d2-a145-69dcf0ce2eb2/wonderlist.jpg Blog - #17InkQuestions: A Gathering of Curiosities edition - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/864febc7-d655-4083-aef7-a5cc0d97447d/nighttime+ink+testing.jpg Blog - #17InkQuestions: A Gathering of Curiosities edition - Make it stand out Nighttime ink testing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/c4fc25e5-6aec-4c8e-a7c3-2265c9c53a8a/inks+and+samples.jpg Blog - #17InkQuestions: A Gathering of Curiosities edition - Make it stand out I have the 20ml sample bottle of Blu Cosmico. I prefer it to the gigantic jam jar, but also would love a happy compromise at 50ml. Alas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/98fbfc03-bad1-4670-82c1-455a9d79a9b2/ink+testing+booklet.jpg Blog - #17InkQuestions: A Gathering of Curiosities edition - Make it stand out Should have probably done a regular TR insert instead of a passport!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/67ea468c-fc38-459d-8219-bfb57b1a051b/ink+testing+day.jpg Blog - #17InkQuestions: A Gathering of Curiosities edition - Make it stand out Ink testing day with Emerald of Chivor, Red Fox, the Aurora Internazionale, a glass dip pen, and bird friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4f12cc78-7eb1-4a3d-a752-07d778c596cb/shelves+of+inky+goodness.jpg Blog - #17InkQuestions: A Gathering of Curiosities edition - Make it stand out Shelves of inky goodness :)) https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/what-are-we-looking-for monthly 0.5 2024-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/fe46040d-cef9-4dcc-94c8-1daa74060f8a/what+are+we+looking+for+light.jpg Blog - What are we looking for? - Make it stand out On my desk, the companions - Onoto Keats with a bird on it; Leonardo Momento Magico; Hobonichi day-free; Ink palette; candle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2b7fb5e5-27e9-4c1e-a44d-745451f6a8ae/aurora+internazionale+beauty.jpg Blog - What are we looking for? - Make it stand out The Aurora Internazionale represents transcendent beauty for me. For others, it might be too ornate. Beauty is in the eye of the pen beholder :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ee1c0fce-9d31-41d3-98b0-5d7f9c3210f0/three+nibs.jpg Blog - What are we looking for? - Make it stand out Three of my favorite nibs, top to bottom: Aurora Internazionale Italic; Scribo 18k F; Omas 18k F - Dama size. All three are wonderful tools and provide a great sensory experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/6708362e-bdaa-4614-98d0-f8d477e8098a/identity+pens.jpg Blog - What are we looking for? - Make it stand out Three pens representing various aspects of my identity. The Sailor Pro Gear Après Ski was a wedding anniversary gift from my spouse. The Scribo Feel A Riveder Le Stelle celebrates the publishing journey of my first fantasy book, The Four Profound Weaves. The Aurora Internazionale Arancio marks my promotion to full professor. Two Menagerie bear friends wanted to observe the proceedings. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/eating-my-hats-diamine-early-dusk-and-leonardo-andromeda monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9143c649-69ce-47de-b512-a310cab95587/eating+hats.jpg Blog - Eating my Hats: Diamine Early Dusk and Leonardo Andromeda - Make it stand out A hat, an ink, and a pen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2ca250ea-56f7-441c-9160-12f8c9cc5d58/ink+bottles.jpg Blog - Eating my Hats: Diamine Early Dusk and Leonardo Andromeda - Make it stand out I’ve used both my Kon-Peki and my Red Fox, but both bottles are far away from being empty. That’s not a bad thing. It’s all value-neutral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ac540378-24fb-4a84-8a96-11f180abcc0c/early+dusk+journal.jpg Blog - Eating my Hats: Diamine Early Dusk and Leonardo Andromeda - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3e7c344d-e5d5-4a32-803c-ae99f0d45e88/early+dusk+writing.jpg Blog - Eating my Hats: Diamine Early Dusk and Leonardo Andromeda - Make it stand out Ink-uiring minds want to know. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2f85ae6a-932a-4121-b40a-8af97839119a/andromeda.jpg Blog - Eating my Hats: Diamine Early Dusk and Leonardo Andromeda - Make it stand out Leonardo Stilo e Stile Andromeda https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/2024-stationery-intentions monthly 0.5 2024-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1faecfe5-e8b3-4af0-8677-f16abab1781a/currently+inked+Jan+2023.jpg Blog - 2024 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out On New Year’s Eve, I uninked and cleaned all of my pens except the top three. I then inked the two Leonardos with Diamine Inkvent 2023 inks: Lavender Frost and Rainbow’s End. Three out of the five pens were purchased in 2023: the Aurora, the Scribo Piuma Impressione, and Leonardo Fioritura Viola. These are my five pens to start the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a1d1b1a4-97f9-4b88-bc57-b582c01d633c/plant+and+pens.jpg Blog - 2024 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out Plants and pens = bliss. Aurora Internazionale and Leonardo Fioritura Viola are both inked with purple inks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/49320037-42a2-433b-ae1c-f8d58c8c5432/the+plotter+thickens.jpg Blog - 2024 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out My open Plotter with the first inky art of 2024: a crocodile I drew with Diamine Inkvent 2023 Merry and Bright. He is certainly merry and bright! With bonus menagerie friend the horned toad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/09a97747-26ce-45c3-b769-23d055ccc448/open+notebook.jpg Blog - 2024 Stationery Intentions - Make it stand out Hobonichi Day-free notebook I started yesterday, still with my Orange Leatherworks cover, may it reign forever. A card I got from Yoseka Stationery, I believe this is by Ameruu :) https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/diamine-inkvent-2023-a-sudden-review monthly 0.5 2023-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/61545ce6-c341-43a6-9349-7e25fd33ed47/Inkvent+2023.jpg Blog - Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review It’s purple! I resisted this inkvent originally, even though I love purple - but after reading everyone’s reviews, I was looking forward to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/de6c5965-6717-4e07-a029-726c11513986/unopened+bottles.jpg Blog - Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review - Make it stand out Tentative Yes pile on the front left, Maybe on the back left, no on the right, and a lone 30ml bottle of “I hate this bottle shape.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/7c9cf4fc-dea8-4427-be62-d98a5c611458/fox+and+dog.jpg Blog - Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/879e5ced-1144-42da-8476-47f5b669dbc8/after+testing.jpg Blog - Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review - Make it stand out Spending time at my desk makes me happy. Inks rearranged in order of their verdicts: left front YES, left back YES FOR ART, right front MAYBE, right back NO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/bab3f90b-f713-4a72-825f-4995c64dd469/bless+this+mess.png Blog - Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review - Make it stand out The mess you made was nominated - oh I (do you) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2b228fd1-3a1d-4095-9510-b8b0765ecbe9/teals+and+oranges.jpg Blog - Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9fd22e62-2f5b-4386-898d-5f30d4ad8971/further+comparisons.png Blog - Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2f3a51f8-923b-402a-ba9d-746bddfd854b/purples.jpg Blog - Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review I was happy that the comparison revealed a lot of variety in my purples. I love using dark purple inks, and the shimmers added to the options. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/7029938d-e5dd-4ef2-b2fd-728e928cb779/the+quiet+after+the+storm.jpg Blog - Diamine Inkvent 2023: A New Year’s Eve review - Make it stand out The quiet after the storm: after everything said and done, my desk is back to order. (Some of the new plants will migrate elsewhere, but I want to stare at them for now). https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/making-an-artist-book-with-inkvent-inks monthly 0.5 2023-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a0f0353d-af75-4f83-8047-e264b2a77d4e/lemberg+artist+book+accordion+fold+on+desk.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks - Make it stand out Here is the finished product: an accordion fold book with handpainted covers, which folds out to display three internal pages with animals carrying lines which add up to a poem. The project is officially untitled, but I think its unofficial title might be “Reverb.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ac3be853-d2b0-4bd4-a776-0bb089901980/animals+cutouts.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks - Make it stand out Fish: Tempest; bird left: I forget but probably Winter Miracle; fox: Dusted Truffle; bird right: Vintage Copper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1703568777740-95GK0STPN5M0A56C34MH/red+birds.png Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1703568804412-KOE232AV8D7CPLXL1YZJ/through+painted+doors.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1703569050394-WDWLUPUHKB0I7KD6EJ16/closet+door+3.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1703569946872-EMVQ6YYIF4XS02OSAP8R/front+cover+bare.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1703569717448-IY8ASOIRKWSGGJSZMQRD/back+cover+with+ribbon.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1703569732008-NATWLUP0LFZ8QYOY9WZL/end+papers.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9152ecd6-e06e-4e77-a9d3-7ccad95d28d8/front+cover+painted.png Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1703570535832-CND5W7TUPT2XMF8MHIYE/birds+white+on+cover.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1703570562310-QGUJEH8PJKKYTACJHR8P/painted+beasts.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1703570786714-UGLOT39N2RC3BDQYTPNA/gilt+edged+cover+beasts.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f25ec41b-f9a9-4c31-bccf-f8ee86ca275a/page+spread.jpg Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/28efa949-ffbd-43f1-a763-8320a6b88abd/cover+with+bow.png Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks - Make it stand out Finished book with a bow tie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0a573444-7330-4075-9297-aa36f7140e83/a+folded+out+book.png Blog - Creating an Artist Book with Inkvent Inks - Make it stand out A panoramic view of the finished book when it is folded out for display https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/2023-stationery-resolutions-what-happened monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/516431c0-200e-437d-9ef8-7f04cd2af65f/resolutions+-+open+agenda.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2023 Stationery Resolutions? - Make it stand out Soumkine agenda(s) in Mustard: one in use, the other a spare; two fountain pens from late 2023: Scribo Piuma Impressione and Leonardo Momento Zero Fioritura Viola; vintage hand paper holder; on vintage Clarence House fabric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f29c4416-ddbe-4ea2-bb02-f8db41d0ea90/resolutions+-+soumkine+and+pens.jpg Blog - Year in Review: What happened with my 2023 Stationery Resolutions? - Make it stand out Soumkine agenda and my Hobonichi notebook; two fountain pens and the Uni-ball One P Gel pen in mandarin orange; Montblanc Stevenson ink; paintbrush (I am doing an inky art project.) All on this cool beast-ly Clarence House fabric. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/2023-in-review monthly 0.5 2023-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1632e681-4237-496c-92a6-181bdd845f33/inks+2023.jpg Blog - Year in Review: 2023 Stationery Highlights - Make it stand out A nice stack of 2023 inks, with three Montblanc inks at the bottom, and four Ferris Wheel Press inks at the top. Sneaky Menagerie friend camel on the right :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ca51c571-7ae5-472f-8e50-2c88e0056d45/fwp+inks.jpg Blog - Year in Review: 2023 Stationery Highlights - Make it stand out A close-up to show the detail of these gorgeous shimmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e16fb3b5-6d1d-4ff9-a7c2-dd37a662c94d/inky+cards.png Blog - Year in Review: 2023 Stationery Highlights - Make it stand out Swatch cards of these three inks side by side: left to right Ferris Wheel Press Land of Shangri-La, Ferris Wheel Press Hearty Harvest, and Sailor’s Sailor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/6de63a03-16ee-4ba1-a6f8-7526fd702e26/aurora+and+scribo.jpg Blog - Year in Review: 2023 Stationery Highlights - Make it stand out The Scribo Piuma Ratio and the Aurora Internazionale Arancio perching on an antique Eastlake inkwell, accompanied by Menagerie friends beadcat and beadbird, and camel in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f0555c9e-9bc2-4a9c-8f3d-9673c4687188/one+good+thing.jpg Blog - Year in Review: 2023 Stationery Highlights - Make it stand out Working at my co-op coffeeshop this morning - coffee with a bird I doodled on it, Galen Leather Magnum Opus for six pens, notebook in my A6 cover by Orange Leatherworks, and the new arrival from EndlessPens - Leonardo Momento Zero Fioritura Viola (my first MZ and second Leonardo). It is currently inked with Diamine Vintage Copper. Nothing can displace Vintage Copper for long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/43a49984-5c66-42e5-abb7-9ac12eb168f5/inkwells.jpg Blog - Year in Review: 2023 Stationery Highlights - Make it stand out Two inkwells: Art Deco cloisonné inkwell, probably Chinese in origin, discovered in Kansas City (left); Arts and Crafts inkwell, discovered in Prague (right); two fountain pens: Scribo Impressione and Aurora Internazionale; menagerie friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1f752e96-f0dd-41b8-bce4-d30ed44325ab/books.jpg Blog - Year in Review: 2023 Stationery Highlights - Make it stand out Books, books, books and a turtle. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/grail-feeling-aurora-internazionale-orange monthly 0.5 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0970053f-e5f6-49fb-a5cd-30ffca809b1b/Aurora+Box.png Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - Make it stand out The vintage design and charm of this Aurora Internazionale box adds to the pleasure of receiving and unpacking an exceptional pen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/098c2f9d-919b-4a6c-b548-0faae6d0b8ae/The+Sign+of+a+Dream.png Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - “The sign of a dream” Unpacking the Aurora Internazionale Orange :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/921286be-d6a6-4164-a2a3-ebff646e976a/on+the+desk.png Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - Make it stand out The Aurora Internazionale on the desk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ed521d2f-6580-4921-9f39-44a8c083db8e/Aurora+on+Journal.png Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - Make it stand out The desk is a sacred space. A space to dream, to discover, and to make. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/6b76e8ce-e6b3-405d-8fff-49b3e3cffbb2/Aurora+vs+Visconti+2.png Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - Make it stand out Visconti Homo Sapiens (note the wear on the clip) and the Aurora Internazionale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a3c3205b-bd8d-4bba-8c85-63d919ebac62/Aurora+Cap+2.png Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - Make it stand out Aurora Internazionale with the vintage Aurora branding on the cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ac10e875-1e20-4ba7-8007-14438e47b893/Aurora+Cap+1.png Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - Make it stand out The Aurora clip :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/af988810-e7ce-48f7-86c4-29c03280d47a/italic.jpg Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - The Aurora Italic nib Aurora factory Italics are rare, and as I understand it, they are all adjusted by hand at the final stage of their production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/62a3e357-7929-44fd-a1dc-9eebf7fdbe6c/Aurora+and+journal.png Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - Make it stand out A beautiful pen, a beautiful writer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/8bcccb51-fe1e-43f9-b695-ad092dab0775/stub+vs+italic.jpg Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - Make it stand out Aurora Stub in my Optima (top) vs Aurora Italic in my Internazionale (bottom). Both are incredible writers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/637b20b0-9641-4c84-9c3a-2b2d67220699/Gathering+2.png Blog - Grail Feeling: Aurora Internazionale Orange - Make it stand out And here it isin the Gathering alongside some of my other pens. The Aurora adds to the cohesion and beauty of the collection. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/the-gathering-and-the-menagerie monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/87905122-eb0d-40e7-bf53-a1853db69025/bear+companions+chart.png Blog - The Gathering and the Menagerie - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2327300d-0934-4495-aa32-89efbe1ac93e/menagerie+pie+with+pen.png Blog - The Gathering and the Menagerie - Make it stand out Mini pumpkin pie left over from feasting, coffee, my Onoto Keats fountain pen, and Menagerie friends beadbird and alabaster rabbit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3dd9822f-f3b3-430c-9aca-30b3248088c2/Desk+with+menagerie+friends.png Blog - The Gathering and the Menagerie - Make it stand out My midcentury Danish rolltop desk with an open copy of Collected, a box with some fountain pens, and a few Menagerie friends. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/gratitude-the-fountain-pen-edition monthly 0.5 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9d1a7748-b0bd-469a-ae68-37ca7078001c/pencase.png Blog - 10 things I’m grateful for, the fountain pen edition - Make it stand out I love burgundy. Galen leather purple case for five pens, with my autumn selection - Montblanc Bohème Rouge midsize, Omas Dama in Scarlet celluloid, Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age (good for every season), Piuma Ratio, Aurora Optima Viola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/20038567-31ef-45ea-8cfd-5bb811a92168/thankful+cover.png Blog - 10 things I’m grateful for, the fountain pen edition - Make it stand out Montegrappa Miya, and a Menagerie friend amber bear. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/whimsy-is-healing monthly 0.5 2023-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/fd77d7ba-154c-4b0c-98c1-8ef2ee98b45a/heaps+of+stickers+2.png Blog - Whimsy is healing - Make it stand out Heaps of stickers on my desk - these are from my Stickii sticker subscription, and the Stickii advent calendar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3ef8e164-5ed5-47e5-8937-c95bfb47aae1/stickers+HS.png Blog - Whimsy is healing - Make it stand out Stickers, research, and the Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age. I’m working on a translation studies project with a code name “Snail,” so snail stickers are thematic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/84d81de9-6d6f-4954-a7e5-64cd282654b0/open+journal.jpg Blog - Whimsy is healing - Make it stand out Some surrealist painterly stickers by @welderwings and @frustrationsmear via the Stickii advent, and the Omas Dama fountain pen. There is a snail sticker here too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4186d808-f26d-4d72-a9fa-b8680324e195/cat+figurines+on+bookshelf.png Blog - Whimsy is healing - Make it stand out (I would be a natural as a curator of the cat figurine store. Actually it’s a bookshop - me and the cats would have a grand old time selling obscure academic volumes. I might have written about such a bookstore already). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d197f7da-e002-4dc9-9a6f-25faf8d1f32b/stickers+open+journal+2.png Blog - Whimsy is healing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/pen-frustration-pen-magic monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/38ccda18-d227-4075-95ba-487a221f6a63/uni+2.png Blog - Pen frustration, pen magic - Make it stand out I love this fat little Uni in burned orange. Is it a gel pen? Is it a rollerball? I’m never sure. It cost a few dollars, has a lovely design, and is imbued with zero expectations of perfection. Here it is together with the Scribo Piuma Ratio (I had no expectations of perfection, but this pen is incredible). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e2cd4249-06ef-49e3-8e84-9e66dd723536/pen+and+textile.png Blog - Pen frustration, pen magic - Make it stand out I picked up this small Hmong (I believe) textile with birds at Artifacts in Iowa City. The pen is my Montegrappa Miya with yellow celluloid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/da1b8cb9-05ae-479f-90d3-53e8bec44f27/Orange+Leatherworks.png Blog - Pen frustration, pen magic - Make it stand out Orange Leatherworks cover for a Hobonichi A6. I ran out of my day-free and am using an Oasis notebook until the end of the year. Pens are my currently inked Leonardo Momento Magico and Edison Menlo Fingerpaints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/78df89ac-e9f9-4315-8168-9f782ac9ec31/Omas+Dama+with+turtle+friend.png Blog - Pen frustration, pen magic - Omas Dama, with a Menagerie friend Turtle. I got this little Omas Dama in scarlet celluloid from Bryant at Chatterley Luxuries. The pen was uninked but deeply scratched - I am guessing someone carried it around in a pocket with some keys; I got it at a good price. The nib is a perfectly tuned Omas F. It is a delight, even though it is imperfect - scratched, and much smaller than I like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/e043f4c1-55e2-4959-8b37-21170a4c3a1d/houseplants.png Blog - Pen frustration, pen magic - Houseplants, books, and Menagerie friends. Nothing here is “perfect,” but I put my room together together bit by bit, and I love it. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/how-pens-leave-and-enter-the-gathering monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0a625e9e-6f75-4d10-99a4-8c3cdbeba965/currently+inked+2.png Blog - How pens leave and enter the gathering - Make it stand out Currently inked: Edison Menlo Fingerpaints, Onoto Keats, Leonardo Momento Magico in Brooks Primary manipulation - all with steel nibs. With Menagerie friends snake candle and wrought iron bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f98e2e3c-7266-414f-a97f-0a745cb13c1c/luminous+shadow.jpg Blog - How pens leave and enter the gathering - Make it stand out Sailor Luminous Shadow Grove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/f08233d0-92bc-44cd-bf4a-f4b184a7f68a/cylinters+2.png Blog - How pens leave and enter the gathering - Firing on all cylint-ers: Sailor’s tubular pens Top to bottom: Sailor Cylint, Sailor Ebonite Sculpture, Sailor 110 Anniversary Kurogane, Sailor Luminous Shadow Fog Gray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/284656d3-2123-4c8b-8344-955b4fd471d3/sailor+ls+vs+aurora+optima.png Blog - How pens leave and enter the gathering - Sailor Luminous Shadow vs Aurora Optima Viola Aurora Optima Viola: a sophisticated, intriguing pen. Luminous Shadow: tubular chonk. Both pens are excellent writers and have high quality construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/de134cb6-7719-4880-bedf-8a91ebe48e9f/Pen+Tray+Lineup.png Blog - How pens leave and enter the gathering - Make it stand out The Luminous Shadow is a beautiful pen, but it stood out in my lineup when I carried it next to my other pens — in a way that my Sailor Pro Gear does not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/06a73a60-0871-43d7-864e-6d1ec6826034/Scribo+Piuma+Impressione.png Blog - How pens leave and enter the gathering - Make it stand out Scribo Piuma Impressione with Menagerie friends bear and horned toad (who is perching on a chunk of malachite). https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/ink-thoughts-montblanc-dragon-red monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/0bfb101e-8756-4144-97e9-83559dea515c/Dragon+ink+le+guin+quote.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d399d8c7-1ae0-41c8-8e98-0e5f10219c43/Preparing+to+test+the+ink+2.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Make it stand out Ink, paper assortment, and small friends. The stamp for the Col-O-Ring cards is the delightful fox/dog one from Yoseka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/48c79142-df1b-4304-936f-29d3d076e14b/Dragon+on+Coloring+and+Ink+Collection+Card.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Dragon on Tsubami and two Col-O-Ring cards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ac719b24-2a45-42cf-81bd-aba250e39f67/Dragon+on+Plotter+and+Rhodia.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Dragon on Plotter and Rhodia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/a1163aba-5aa2-4c77-a9dc-ff596790d743/Dragon+on+Midori+and+Tomoe.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Dragon on Midori and Tomoe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1325f98f-0283-4ab2-a958-0d0b6cb86458/Dragon+vs+Shakespeare+bottles.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1cbfdd72-724f-4606-b5d2-9f021dd6ed0d/sleuthing+the+numbers.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - First step in Montblanc Ink Sleuthing - serial number comparison! The numbers are, thankfully, different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2fe8307e-1b90-422a-a519-f6347a2db37e/Comparisons+on+Coloring+and+Ink+Cards.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3f3f9b19-b6d4-425a-98b1-657065ec2785/Comparisons+Tomoe+and+Midori.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9ffed8a5-1484-489a-a13e-5d778e4d9a6d/Ink+Chromatography+in+the+Cup.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Looked nice, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/6b9792d7-c827-407d-8561-229ddb33baec/chromatography+strips+smaller.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/fd0740e2-30c5-4112-bde9-e5891e772c00/bird+and+dragon.png Blog - Ink Thoughts: Montblanc Dragon Red - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/the-yosekalab-planner-part-2-vertical-quadrant-divided monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/3db76a86-d229-4584-9c54-c64900777adf/Vertical+Quadrant+Divided.png Blog - The YosekaLab Planner, Part 2: Vertical Quadrant (Divided) - Make it stand out Projects I’ve actively worked on between October 17 and October 24, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/95e4ff95-4f70-4ebc-8ebb-465638d2f15e/journaling+about+process+1.png Blog - The YosekaLab Planner, Part 2: Vertical Quadrant (Divided) - Make it stand out Journaling about the work in my Hobonichi day-free https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/15865b9c-9368-46a9-906f-343967ff836c/deskie.png Blog - The YosekaLab Planner, Part 2: Vertical Quadrant (Divided) - Make it stand out My work desk with stuff pushed together for the photograph - the YosekaLab planner, my hobonichi journal, Stickii sticker sheet, coffee from 1900 Barker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/7fafb69e-8e37-44a1-a15e-dfc3e64cd08f/planner+chart.jpg Blog - The YosekaLab Planner, Part 2: Vertical Quadrant (Divided) - Make it stand out Where to find planner spreads (Yosekalab, an insert); pen is Edison Menlo Fingerpaints with FC BB Sig nib, inked with Ferris Wheel Press Hearty Harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/c239e81c-09ea-437c-b043-0053bbeb63c4/autumn.jpg Blog - The YosekaLab Planner, Part 2: Vertical Quadrant (Divided) - Make it stand out Bonus: a vision of fall on campus. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/method-and-mayhem-the-yosekalab-planner monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/9bdba4b2-ecdd-4cc3-96ed-b00d5836c314/yosekalab.png Blog - Method and Mayhem: the YosekaLab Planner - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d671b308-5b0d-4bc1-a2b7-889f8cbb2c20/abandoned.png Blog - Method and Mayhem: the YosekaLab Planner - Make it stand out The standard layout was tested and abandoned. Next! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/168a8cab-a025-4601-b93a-44d7f85ad37f/gantt.png Blog - Method and Mayhem: the YosekaLab Planner - Make it stand out The Vertical Gantt chart spread in my Yoseka Lab planner, used to track progress of drafts and wordcounts. Pen is the Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze Age, with an M nib tuned by Mark Bacas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/90d07df7-83df-46eb-b255-5ca2c1393ad8/SandF+yosekalab.png Blog - Method and Mayhem: the YosekaLab Planner - Make it stand out Article is drafted, and mostly revised. Hurray for hyperfocus! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/b10c5fdc-e532-4599-aaef-15eab11fd53a/gantt+and+journal.png Blog - Method and Mayhem: the YosekaLab Planner - Make it stand out Thoughts and progress and ink comparisons. Pen: Leonardo Momento Magico Brooks Primary Manipulation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/113e9504-5ae2-499d-8724-a686afc162b7/ungantt+chart.png Blog - Method and Mayhem: the YosekaLab Planner - Make it stand out The “Ungantt chart” - my journal. This is the mayhem part of the method. Pens here are: Sailor Pro Gear Après Ski, Onoto Magna Keats, Leonardo Momento Magico. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/the-soft-long-story monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/242c2848-60a1-46d1-aaee-d6fbe87838c5/books+and+inkwell.png Blog - The Soft Long Story - Make it stand out Two fantasy books I wrote, Visconti Homo Sapiens fountain pen (a gift from my mother in law), and an antique inkwell found in Prague (a gift from my mother). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/ef9cdc6b-de51-4dba-ba61-2df6a2d7b324/keats+on+bowl.png Blog - The Soft Long Story - Make it stand out Bird detail on the Onoto Keats fountain pen; folk art wooden bowl is from my native city of L’viv, Ukraine. It was originally in use as a beggar bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/2b133a77-645d-42cb-b65e-ac0250218b4b/handmade+rug+detail.png Blog - The Soft Long Story - Make it stand out Detail: A smallish, hand-woven Persian tree of life rug circa 1920, with birds and deer. I got it from Artifacts in Iowa City. A modern machine-made rug from a big box store would cost about the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/55f7d180-61f3-4696-b767-53984af4c704/marbled+paper.png Blog - The Soft Long Story - Make it stand out Hand-marbled paper, by Elinor Eisemann. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/stationery-storytelling monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/888dc897-5bce-4bd7-93d4-8f3e22d29ebd/writer%27s+blood.jpg Blog - Stationery Storytelling - Writer’s Blood by Diamine (photo via Amazon) People connected, and continue to connect, to the story evoked by the name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/26d8f96c-3147-43ef-8b4a-c72a93995401/citadelle%2Bink.png Blog - Stationery Storytelling - Make it stand out I bought the book from the wonderful Haunted Bookshop in Iowa City, Iowa. The pen is a burgundy Scribo Piuma with an EF 18k nib. Funnily, just today I saw a first edition of Le Petit Prince (in French) at an estate sale and passed on it (the price was too high and I was already buying many other books), but now I regret it. Next time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/d6958d0b-4c8d-491f-9dfc-5e55255bf296/scarlet+red.png Blog - Stationery Storytelling - A bottle of red Montblanc ink. What's the story with this one? Nobody knows. For the moment, it's Scarlet Red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/764359b7-d5ab-4730-b091-f81e5bae9224/Verne.png Blog - Stationery Storytelling - Make it stand out A book about edges of books, and an ink about an elephant. https://www.gatheringofcuriosities.com/blog/on-minimalism monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/4fafc993-61e6-4b68-8019-3376fecdfd77/citadelle3.png Blog - On minimalism - Make it stand out The burgundy Scribo Piuma may be the closest to minimalist aesthetic in my gathering right now. That said, I do wonder if an Italian pen can ever be truly accepted in the hallowed halls of minimalism, even if the pen itself is minimalist in design :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/eb9c34a3-9871-47fa-b4b9-146c6b764c97/unwinding.png Blog - On minimalism - Make it stand out No matter how few items you own, you probably won’t be considered a minimalist if your stuff is decorated. (the book is The Unwinding by Jackie Morris; the fountain pen is my beloved Aurora Optima Viola with a factory stub, inked with Montblanc Jimi Hendrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/59f78613-d121-4f9b-8788-b62b8a2f28a2/work+desktop.jpg Blog - On minimalism - Make it stand out My work desktop is uncluttered. I had to squish things together to take this picture. 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I found the antique camel at the River Market Antiques in KCMO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64e62ea647863615f163c5b0/1b002a22-019d-4f17-b029-f106f1660eb9/orange+anderillium.png Blog - Seasonality - Make it stand out Orange is definitely an autumn color for me. This new Anderillium bottle (sample size) contains 15ml of Viceroy Butterfly Orange. I am enjoying the new Lepidopteran series, sourced via the Gentleman Stationer. The pen is a Montegrappa Miya with a Franklin Christoph BB SIG nib. There is no material which is as alluring to me as celluloid, but I am mostly resisting it due to the expenditure and danger potential of the material (celluloid is flammable, and I love my candles). 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