“Why on earth would you use a pencil and paper?”
Where do you start writing a blog about pencils and such? I guess the best place to start is with the question I get most often: why? Supposedly, wood-cased pencils and notebooks are obsolete. We don’t...
View ArticleChicken scratches about pencil blogging
I’m about a month into my contribution to the pencilblogosphere and my interest hasn’t waned. In my personal experience, that’s been kind of the threshold for whether or not a blogging project will...
View ArticleSave a tree, write on paper
21st-century “common sense” holds that we should do everything on the computer because it, allegedly, saves a tree. The logic goes like this: paper is made from trees. Cutting down trees is bad....
View ArticlePraise for the humble composition notebook.
We all love our good paper, right? You know I’m a sucker for a nice creamy tint. Tight, subtle ruling. A little tooth. Substantial weight. Resistance to bleed-through and feathering of ink on the rare...
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If you’re not using undated planners what are you even doing
Daily expressions of gratitude are important. Studies have shown that those who express gratitude on a regular basis are happier and healthier. Faithful folks profess the power of prayer, and as...
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The Alpino Junior, revisited
Thanks to a great and informative comment from reader Raúl, I have some more information on the Alpino Junior pencil, which I recently reviewed. You might recall that I speculated about the different...
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Buy me some peanuts and pencil slats
It won’t be long before professional pitchers and catchers report for spring training, and that has me thinking of how handwriting and baseball have a lot in common. In either case, they’re much...
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I Think I'm Learning Japanese
In my quest to burn through all of my money and leave time at work as quickly as possible, the Polar Pencil Partner and I have booked our next international adventure. This August we’ll be winging it...
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