29 January 04
More About Pens
Pendemonium has come through as a source for the retractable fountain pen I wrote about in Pen Fetish, the Stypen. Based in Iowa, they also have an exhaustive line of inks, cartridges, the luscious Clairefontaine notebooks and stationery, and for you collectors out there they also have plenty of antique inkwells, pens, and blotters. Sam has been very responsive. I placed an order last week; should arrive soon. A caveat on their website reads “Many parts of the US are experiencing extremely cold temperatures. Ink and freezing temps do not mix very well. Rest assured that we are watching the weather where you are and we will make every effort to insulate your ink. If we think there is a chance of the ink freezing and the bottles shattering, we will let you know that we are holding your shipment and waiting for the sun to shine. This happens every year just about this time and we’re happy to say that we’ve never lost a bottle of ink to the cold!”
I bought a notebook for my class on religion and violence at the campus bookstore here and it’s inadequate: when I take notes the ink shows through the page. Grr. I’m also on the lookout for the ideal field notebook, so I make up my own grail quests as I go. This is a way to make myself crazy, but I blame it on January like Maria does in Alembic.
Ecotone wiki topic for February 1: Food and Place.
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Re the field notepad, have you ever tried one of those waterproof notepads for note taking in all places wet or north? I haven’t and the ones I have seen may be ruled with lines which probably would not suit some of your activities. Doing a search for waterproof notebooks on Google brought up a number of things.