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Well Hello Again

29 Sunday May 2016

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calligraphy ink, pen and ink holder, pen heaven, quill pen, shakespeare, shakespeare 400 anniversary, stylografico la kaligraphica

Hello everyone! I am back, finally. The move is, essentially, over. Some aspects of our lives have unfolded beautifully in our new home, others disastrously. I am married to the most hard working, patient, incredible man who would be a world Tetris champion based on his POD packing skills! And our two fur babies were absolute angels as they navigated moves from a plane to an apartment to an hotel and then another apartment (remember I said some aspects disastrous, and that’s only one!) So now I am very happy to be digitally connected once again, and grateful to anyone who might still be reading!

I flew to Halifax with the cats and some important essentials, like a couple of notebooks, one bottle of ink (it was so difficult to choose just one!) and ALL of my pens. David drove across the country and I had one box in the car with the rest of my essentials (more notebooks and lots more ink!) There are still more notebooks and bottles of ink in our moving container. We honestly shed a lot of possessions, but kept those most precious to us. For David it was his musical gear; for me, my writing gear. Tables and sofas come and go but….. 🙂

Before I left Calgary I added something to my writing gear. As you may have heard the world celebrated the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth/death this year, on April 23. While I could not fly to England to participate in any of the exciting celebrations planned throughout this year, I was inspired by a regular email from Pen Heaven to purchase a pewter feather quill pen with holder and ink bottle. I had it sent to my new office and it was waiting for me when I arrived. Such a nice welcome present! Someday I hope to visit the Pen Heaven store in London.

quill box

The set is made in Italy and the packaging is gorgeous.

quill open box

The inside is gorgeous too. I chose the brown feather and I love how ornate the base looks. The bottle of ink fits into the holder as well. And there is some literature on the history of quill pens and how to write with one.

quill in stand

I thought it would look really stunning on my desk. The ink bottle contains black ink and the bottle says Inchiostro Stylografico NERO La Kaligraphica Made in Italy. According to Google Translate this means Black Ink Stylografico La Kaligraphica. I’m sure this is calligraphy ink and not meant for regular fountain pens.

quill stand closeup

Here’s a closeup of the base and holder. The ink bottle was wax sealed. I think it’s extremely good craftsmanship for the price. I just realized I didn’t take a photo of the nib but you can see it magnified on the Pen Heaven page referenced above.

sonnet

The ink is a true coal black. I will have to perfect my technique; the first line came out beautifully but then I had difficulty with the rest with ink blobs and running out of ink. Even if the pen turns out to be more decorative than useful I still love it. I’m sure when my desk arrives it will look great in the corner. Hopefully that will be next week!

It feels good to be back online and writing these posts again. I’m not sure if I will keep the same schedule as before; I’m working longer hours and my set up is much different. We’ll have to see how I get on. Until next time, whenever that is, thank you for your patience, thank you for sticking around and happy journaling!

I need to borrow some money…

16 Monday Jun 2014

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classic fountain pens, fountain pen geeks, omas, shakespeare

I love anything to do with the bard and I recently watched FPGeeks’ video about the OMAS William Shakespeare Limited Edition fountain pen. What a thing of beauty. And only $2,800!!

And you can read all about it here at Classic Fountain Pens. I LOVE how the handmade box turns into a mini writing desk. Sigh.

Maybe I can dip into my RRSP…… 🙂

 

Journal Writing Wednesday: 7 pages

23 Wednesday Apr 2014

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cherry blossom planner, shakespeare, shannon kaiser

What was I thinking last night? This was supposed to be published today…..

Journal I’m currently using: Navy Blue Cross Journal

Total pages written since last JWW post (Apr 16): 7

Total pages to date since project inception (Dec 11/13): 258

Total pages written in 2014: 203

Total number of notebooks/pens/ink bought since self-imposed spending freeze (Jan 1/14): 3

  • 1 pen + 1 bottle of ink = 2 items in a gift set on Jan 14
  • 1 bottle of KoninginneNach-Blauw from Akkerman on Feb 5

Topics covered since last update:

  • I’ve been trying to implement some of the items from the 20 Things to Let Go Of In Order To Reach Unlimited Happiness by Shannon Kaiser list from last week, with some success
  • Spent Good Friday with my sister. Had lovely tea, yummy cookies and tarts, and watched The Queen, yakking the whole time
  • More eBay temptations – but I overcame them!! Didn’t buy anything. I haven’t bought anything in a while actually – I’m due!
  • I’ve put my Cherry Blossom Planner into use. I wanted something new and pretty (eBay temptations) but didn’t want to spend any money so I thought of using this planner in my purse while keeping my Martha Stewart planner at home. It’s working so far. So pretty.
  • Today is Shakespeare’s 450th birthday! Wish I was in Stratford today!

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Until next week, happy writing!

Beautiful Handwriting

24 Monday Feb 2014

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As we move towards the end of February, and the end of InCoWriMo, I find myself drawn to this website, showcasing beautiful handwriting and calligraphy from the last century. I wish the letters I write were this beautiful. Maybe someday.

sonnet

A beautiful example of Sonnet II. From http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/07/beautiful-handwriting-lettering-and-calligraphy/

 

Happy Birthday William Shakespeare

23 Tuesday Apr 2013

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Bonus post for today!

Image from https://www.facebook.com/calgarypubliclibrary

Image from https://www.facebook.com/calgarypubliclibrary

The Shakespeare Pen

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

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pens, shakespeare

I know I’ve mentioned this before but here is more info on the Krone Shakespeare Limited Edition Fountain Pen. What a beautiful writing instrument. So out of my price range and really, is that a realistic price for a pen? Maybe for a very special occasion. But my budget will never stretch that far and I don’t know that I would want it to. I’m slowly learning I don’t have to own everything that is beautiful and meaningful to me. Such as this pen. It’s enough just to know that such beauty exists in the world.

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