by P. M. Starr | Jan 14, 2024 | Ink, MATERIALS, My Experience, Problems
Fountain pen experts warn us about temperature extremes; beware of leaky pens when the weather is hot, and watch out that your ink doesn’t freeze when the weather is cold. Living in western Washington state, we typically don’t have to worry about extremely...
by P. M. Starr | Dec 8, 2023 | Aesthetics & Style, Analog Hacks, Doodling & Drawing, Famous Pens and Pleasure Writing, Quotations & Excerpts, Uncategorized
I’m reading Memories of John Lennon, collected in book form by Yoko Ono. Reading this book feels very much like attending a memorial service in introvert form with people who may not have even known the deceased very well coming up and giving short personal...
by P. M. Starr | Nov 3, 2023 | MINE, My Experience, Problems, Technology, Wisdom, Wishlist
Just made an Instagram account: @pmstarr A tiny step forward with this site since it’s Fountain Pen Day: Still conflicted about “social” media, comments, and even just putting my face forward when it comes to taking pleasure in writing. Because I...
by P. M. Starr | Oct 26, 2023 | Analog Hacks, Challenges, Highlighters, My Experience, paper, Philosophy, Technology
Follow-up on filling in this year’s taxes (technically last year’s taxes) by hand rather than entering all the numbers on the PDF files via computer and Acrobat: It is refreshing and super-helpful working with actual sheets of paper and entering numbers...
by P. M. Starr | Oct 15, 2023 | Aesthetics & Style, Memories, My Experience, paper
NOTE: this post goes off the rails a little / might sound kind of crazy due to stress, my creative-brain being very plugged-in, and listening to / watching The Real History of Secret Societies, The Agency: A History of the CIA, and the news these days. I’m not...
