by P. M. Starr | Jun 29, 2024 | Aesthetics & Style, BRANDS, cartridge, Ink, MINE, My Colors, My Fountain Pens, Packaging & Presentation, Pilot, Purple
Purple Pilot Ink Splurged on my first taste of Pilot’s high-end Iroshizuku fountain pen ink: Beautiful new box of 6 Pilot Iroshizuku ink cartridges: $14 – MSRP > $11.20 @Goldspot.(Don’t worry; PleasureWriting.com is NOT actually printed on the...
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 | Aug 3, 2023 | Brick & Mortar, Buying & Browsing, cartridge, Curiosity, Fountain Pens, My Fountain Pens, OOLY, Purple, Under $10
My First OOLY Fountain Pen I’ve been away from home for almost a month. Of course I brought a lot of pens and ink, but not enough for WEEKS of writing, working, journaling, doodling, listing and planning. So! Looks like it’s time to crack out my first OOLY...
by P. M. Starr | May 4, 2023 | Fountain Pens, Mark-Makers, MINE, My Fountain Pens, Sheaffer
May the FOURTH Be With You Today (Star Wars Day) feels like the right time to celebrate two of my most-delightful collectible entry-level fountain pens: Sheaffer Pop Star Wars R2-D2 & DEATH STAR fountain pens Been meaning to post about them for awhile as perfect...
by P. M. Starr | Mar 27, 2023 | conversion, eyedropper, Kaweco, Multicolor, My Collection, My Fountain Pens, White
Normally I would not want to do anything to compromise an LEs color (in this case, a shimmery pearlescent white), but today I went ahead and converted my Iridescent Pearl Kaweco Sport to an eyedropper fill. Why did I decide to do this? What color did I fill it with?...