A Type-In to Say Goodbye to a New England Institution
A Type-In to Say Goodbye to a New England Institution In 1980, Mr. Furrier was working for a tree trimming company when his childhood friend and neighbor, Teddy...
Author: Shawn Mihalik
Learning What I Like (and My First Vintage Pen)
At the end of the first day of last year’s California Pen Show, because I had about $600 left in my budget for the weekend, I impulse-bought a Sailor Cylint. Li...
One New Desk, Three Modes
For the last few years, I’ve worked at a simple white Amazon Basics sit-stand desk. When I bought it, I was still deeply into the whole “minimalist” aesthetic, ...
I Write Novels with Fountain Pens
Ricardo, over at Extra Fine Writing, asks the question “Does anyone actually use a pen to write a novel?” When I hear that some famous author drafts their novel...
Seeking ‘Warmth and Personality’ in the World of High-Priced Pens
Seeking ‘Warmth and Personality’ in the World of High-Priced Pens | New York Times Nice write-up about the London Pen Show in the New York Times: The consensus ...
Crosswords
A few months ago, my partner Mallory and I somewhat accidentally started doing the New Yorker crossword puzzle together. Fairly quickly, we were hooked, and now...
Explained: how you will get into vintage fountain pens | Extra Fine Writing
Explained: how you will get into vintage fountain pens | Extra Fine Writing You will not intend to buy Old Pen. You will attend the pen show intending to buy in...
The Benefits of Analogue Bleeding Back into Digital
After a year of exclusively using fountain pens and paper for my handwriting needs and foregoing any sort of digital tablet, I got an iPad Pro again a few days ...
There’s No Such Thing as a Blank Page
But despite the influence of Locke’s metaphor, there is no such thing as a blank page – not only because claims of blankness miss the watermarks or the fi...