by P. M. Starr | Feb 27, 2025 | Colors, Green, My Colors, My Fountain Pens, Parker, Robert Oster
Ryde Green Ink Refill Day February 27th, 2025 – Thor’s Day Time to refill the cartridges in two of my favorite vintage Parker Vector fountain pens: 50 mL bottle of Robert Oster Signature Ink next to vintage Parker Vector fountain pens Being that it’s...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 22, 2024 | Fountain Pens, My Experience, paper, Parker, Pink, Taccia
Discovered the pleasure of bringing a fountain pen with me on walk to the library, but no notebook. Relying instead on those tiny thin wafers of white paper, cramming as many pretty words as I could copy from a book of poetry I thought would make me want to barf...
by P. M. Starr | Jan 23, 2024 | Ferris Wheel Press, Fountain Pens, Grey, Inspiration, Journaling, MINE, My Colors, My Fountain Pens, Orange, Parker, Platinum, Purple, Quotations & Excerpts, White, Wisdom
National Gratitude Day 2024 Spent some time pleasure writing by hand for National Handwriting Day with this Michael J. Fox quote: “With gratitude, optimism becomes sustainable.” – Michael J. Fox I belive it is true, that gratitude is spiritual fuel...
by P. M. Starr | Sep 2, 2023 | Aesthetics & Style, Black, Blue, Journaling, MINE, My Experience, My Fountain Pens, My Spaces, Parker, Pink, Pure Pleasure, Silver, Top Flight
Idyllic images from the height of summer, journaling at a picnic table in the middle of a perfectly-square park. I did do a lot of journaling this summer, but I can’t say much of it was this picturesque. In fact, this may be the only time I took out a notebook...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 26, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Black, Clear, Colors, Diplomat, Fountain Pens, Green, Multicolor, My Collection, My Colors, My Fountain Pens, Parker, Platinum, Pure Pleasure, Under $10, Under $20, Under $30, Yellow
Fountain Pen Pleasure Trio I love taking these three favorite fountain pens out and seeing them next to each other: Three of my favorite affordable starter fountain pens: left to right – Diplomat Magnum, Platinum Preppy, and Parker Vector I love high-contrast...
by P. M. Starr | Jul 3, 2021 | Black, ebay, Fountain Pens, Ink, Parker, Problems, Stores & Sellers
It had to happen sooner or later: I ruined one of my fountain pens. Just one of my over-the-counter level Parker Vectors, but still … a good learning experience. Honestly I have never actually CLEANED *any* of my fountain pens in the decades I’ve been...