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 28, 2022 | Gold, Goldspot, Ink, My Collection, Packaging & Presentation, Pelikan, Problems, Pure Pleasure, Special Edition, Special Editions, Yellow
Dishwashing Gratitude & Golden Beryl Ink Spill Most of the time I really hate washing dishes. Generally speaking I actually hate all housework, but I have an extra special set of resentments for dish-washing, maybe because it is the housework I have done 1) the...
by P. M. Starr | Aug 13, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, Inspiration, My Desks & Tables, Pure Pleasure, Technology, Wishlist
AI-Informed Pleasure Writing Visions I’m late to the AI-generated art party having just installed an accessible mobile way to play with it last night. But I like how it turns treasured descriptors into dreamy visual mockups of things I desire: like desks,...
by P. M. Starr | Jul 27, 2022 | Aesthetics & Style, BENU, Brown, Colors, Fountain Pens, Gold, Goulet Pens, Lamy, Pure Pleasure, Visconti, Wishlist
Best Brown Fountain Pens via Drew Brown The color BROWN. My love of brown is a huge reason I dove deeper into fountain pens, especially my desire to ALWAYS be equipped with brown ink. So be ye not surprised I love this video “The Best Brown Pens – According to...
by P. M. Starr | Jul 14, 2022 | Brown, Colors, Diamine, Green, Inspiration, Private Reserve, Pure Pleasure, Quotations & Excerpts, Wisdom
Meet Me In That Field NOTE: a couple of hours after I posted this, I found out this Rumi “translation” is BULLSHIT, so I’m working on an embarrassed-yet-hopefully-informative post about that now. On the fifth of July, Wordle 381 reminded me of my...
by P. M. Starr | Mar 3, 2022 | Fountain Pens, Ink, Journaling, MATERIALS, My Colors, My Experience, Philosophy, Pure Pleasure, Wisdom
A Break from Feeling Bad The other day a good day that started out full of dreamy potential and high productivity turned … bad. Probably because I put too much pressure myself to make the day perfect; when I failed to live up to dreamy perfection I felt very sour and...
