…because of the handsome man taking your order in a little vegetarian diner in the east village, and serves you generous slices of thickly buttered, not-too-sweet, and incredibly good challah bread baked on premises. …because of the creaky floorboards that groan under your weight while … Read More →
Recently I had the pleasure of reviewing a beautifully-made fountain pen by Pilot, a limited edition M90, for Pen Addict, one of my favorite pen review blogs. You can find the review here.
it’s been quiet again, hasn’t it? i apologize for that: i’ve been drawing and sketching and painting and basically doing a lot of other things that have pushed this poor neglected thing for a month. but exciting things are soon to come, so just a … Read More →
i grew up like everybody else: strangely. which probably makes it normal. being the youngest, i was endlessly chasing my (much) older siblings. my brother, the eldest, was my playmate and father figure, and i remember days of sitting with him while he read to … Read More →
as anyone who knows me can attest, i am a buyer. i am all sorts of materialistic and acquisitive, and combine that with a near obsessive-compulsive perversity towards anything stationery-related…well, you’ve got yourself a right sucker. also? i am not a bargain-hunter, which is why … Read More →
a new year
and with it comes shrugging off the old raiments and worries and mistakes and fears of the year before. gone is the self you lived with through good and bad, through grace and clumsiness, through joy and sorrow. all that remains is that familiar face … Read More →