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 | Feb 13, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Amazon, Black, Brick & Mortar, Buying & Browsing, Finisher Secrets, Investing, Journaling, My Experience, paper, Reviews, Silver, Stores & Sellers, Top Flight, Top Flight Paper
Three Daily Notebooks There are three (note)books I (try to) carry with me and write in daily: 1) SPIRAL NOTEBOOK For Journaling For daily journaling, brain-dumping, and morning pages I rely on good old-fashioned spiral-bound school-purposed notebooks. I love...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 8, 2022 | Black, Blue, conversion, Curiosity, eyedropper, Filling System, Fountain Pens, My Experience, Platinum, Problems, Under $10
Advanced Mess-Making You know how I say “write more … clean less”? And tell you it’s entirely possible to use affordable fountain pens on a daily basis for DECADES without EVER making an ink mess? It’s totally true! I know because that...
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...
by P. M. Starr | Jun 6, 2021 | Black, Colors, Dryden, Green, Platinum, Pure Pleasure
Green Pleasure Swirls Wanting to run this not-so-great green ink out of my pen so I can put in a green I like better: a perfect excuse to make poison smoke drift across the page. Not that any of us should need an “excuse” to just enjoy doodling … Dryden Emerald Green...
by P. M. Starr | May 31, 2021 | Black, Blue, Brown, Colors, Diamine, Fountain Pens, Journaling, MINE, My Collection, My Colors, My Fountain Pens, My Spaces, My Writing, Other Pens, Parker, Pentel, Platinum
Brown, Black & Majestic Blue .. Two-column Wants & Gratitude page in journal today started with a focus on the color BROWN: wanting more brown, and being grateful for all of its richness. I definitely need to make a better show of this / take a photo with a...
