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In early November 2020 my first fountain pen order arrived just in time for Fountain Pen Day—I jumped in with both feet but never would have imagined how my life would look five years later.

I don't think anyone is surprised that I do a lot of ink swatching, here's an updated overview about picking my preferred tools, including dip pens and nibs, and how I'm using them.

Checking in on my engagement and priorities via a list of twelve introspective question prompts for pen people (you know who you are).

Digging into the second Ink Archiving book from Dominant Industry, A Log of Elixir—now with more cats!

Going outside my comfort zone and getting introspective about my role in the pen and stationery community.

In 2024 I started keeping a notebook of interesting inks I used that year. By December there were over 100 inks in that notebook, and I've picked 24 of the most memorable to share.

A whole new way to explore fountain pen ink.

Ten things you probably won't find at a stationery store that have become an integral part of my usage of fountain pens and inks.

Happy Fountain Pen Day! Hypothetically, if I could only keep one pen from each brand, which pens would I choose?

I do a lot of fountain pen ink swatching, so finding reusable tools that would produce a good swatch and could be cleaned quickly and easily at my desk was important.

Join me for a "bag dump" of the pouch of accessories and tools that I bring when meeting up with pen friends.

In mid-April I started on a project to re-swatch all my inks on Col-o-dex cards with little sketches inspired by the ink name, packaging, and/or color. Now four months in, I took a look back at the process so far.