Let me begin with a story. It’s late autumn in 2009. I’m at the local neighborhood bar with Victor, my husband. For a Saturday night, the place is relatively quiet. The lights are low, music is playing and Victor and I are tucked back into the far corners of a [...]

Driving back from a business trip, Victor and I stopped at the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Our route from NYC to Cincinnati took us clear across Pennsylvania and we were looking for a place to stop at about the 1/2 way point on our journey home. The options [...]

  In January of this year, I ordered two Pentel Pulaman disposable fountain pens. One with red ink and one with black ink. (They also come with blue ink.) I was definitely surprised when it arrived. The nib is plastic and I wouldn’t actually describe it as a fountain pen [...]

I just wanted to pop in to post about a really cool product that another blogger released. She started as a blogger, then had an Etsy shop (still does) and now has a full-on retail store in Fullerton, California. I’ve been reading her blog for years and followed her path [...]

I wanted to share some photos of my current home because it will very soon be a former home. I am nearly through the process of buying a building! The apartment I’m in at present has been very short-term—less than a year. I moved in in June of 2012, lived [...]

When I was about 11, my Mom got me into a pen focus group. We had to bring our favorite pens to the first session and talk about them. The other kids in the study were so not in the game. They rolled up with maybe 5 pens. I came with a [...]

I have been writing letters for YEARS. For more than 1/2 my life now. My first pen pal came into my life at around age 12 and they still are my pen pal to this day. Since I was a teenager, I started slipping little gifts or treats in with [...]

I spent another 2 weeks in NYC this February and have always wanted to do a post sharing some of my favorite spots in the city. Maybe when you visit, you can check out some of these places. These are places I visit when I’m in town no matter what, [...]

It’s been a few months since I posted some general updates. A thought crossed my mind today: would you be interested in blog posts that are not just about letters or a craft or an essay? Posts about my life? Me?  If I hear nothing, things will continue on as [...]

Traditional crafting is one of my interests. While I love sites like Pinterest which show awesome DIYs for turning t-shirts into works of art or fun new uses for empty two liters, I’m more into the stuff that predates Pinterest-era crafting. {By the way, I’m on Pinterest} Traditional crafting, the [...]