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 | Aug 27, 2023 | Aesthetics & Style, Buying & Browsing, Fountain Pens, Platinum, Special Edition, Under $10, Wishlist
Just when I was finally ready the other day to buy a bundle of pens from Platinum’s second Preppy Wa Collection, I see that the THIRD collection has dropped! And it looks more-fancy / less “cute” than pens in the earlier collections, maybe embodying...
by P. M. Starr | Feb 20, 2023 | Black, Fountain Pens, Inspiration, Journaling, My Desks & Tables, My Experience, Pink, Platinum, Tests & Trials, Top Flight, Wishlist
Living the dream, pleasure writing on a train. Pink Spiral notebook & Platinum Preppy fountain pen on Amtrak train tray table Living the partial dream, anyway, just on a quick (2 hour) trip in coach. The real dream would be pleasure writing in my own sleeper...
by P. M. Starr | Oct 1, 2022 | Fountain Pens, My Collection, Pilot, True Crime, Waterman, Wishlist
I’m glad my wife tolerates not only my love of air disaster documentaries, but also my pen(!)chant for pausing all kinds of movies & television shows whenever I spy the employment of a writing utensil. Like this fountain pen in Flight/Risk: Big Boeing...
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 | Aug 5, 2022 | Wishlist
Fountain Pen Dreams I don’t really fantasize about grail pens the way other people do. Not yet, anyway. What I *do* fantasize about is even more out of reach: designing my own pens, and having my own fountain pen store. I’m not actually in the planning...
