Books: Tom Hanks published a book of short stories called Uncommon Type which is getting some press for reasons beyond the fact that he is an Oscar-winning actor. Every story features a typewriter somewhere in the story. For me, this makes me curious how he manages to work his love of typewriters into his stories.…
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Giveaway Winners: NockCo Seed A6 Cases
Thanks to my handy, dandy random number generator I have two lucky winners in the NockCo A6 Seed Case giveaway: Congrats to Mike and Cara! They both picked the steel color case though so many of you chose the iris. I am pretty sure an A5 is on the horizon so Mike’s dream will be…
News: All the Things
New Podcast: There is a new pen community podcast called The BYOB Pen Club. Its a round table discussion of Pen Addict Slack regulars. If you are looking to have a virtual drink at the bar with some pen friends, this is the podcast for you. This is the closest approximation to pulling up a…
Giveaway: NockCo Seed A6 Cases
Last week I reviewed the NockCo Seed A6 Hobonichi cases. This week, I’d like to give two readers a chance to try them out for themselves so I am giving away one steel/silver dust and one iris/electric blue case (pictured above, Hobonichi and pens not included). TO ENTER: Leave a comment and tell me what…
News: Shops Opening, Closing and Renaming
Notemaker is now Milligram: Australian online stationery and lifestyle brand Notemaker has officially changed its name to Milligram. It will continue to be your go-to for pens, ink, and all your favorite stationery good but it also stocks lots of other goods as well and wants to make sure that its name reflects a wider…
Giveaway Winner: Baron Fig 2018 Planner
Thanks to everyone who entered the Baron Fig 2018 Planner giveaway this week. I was thrilled to see all the wonderful and aspirational goals that people were setting for themselves for 2018. After the last few week’s of terrible news cycles, I noticed no one mentioned acts of violence, hatred or anger in their goals…
Housekeeping: Oops!
There were some WordPress updates and general upkeep and maintenance this week that somehow lead to the accidentally deleting a bunch of things – not that anyone noticed. Including me! But everything has been restored, including the link to The Desk Shop in the sidebar. Sorry for any confusion or navigational issues this week. Please…