Una brasa encendida
arde en mi, en ti, en todo
y esas mismas estrellas
que hasta aquí me han guiado
son las que se complacen
en su pulso de luz

Siendo un solo ser

Empastachē ?

Agreed! I lack the discipline to routinely achieve good effects with flexible nibs, and a wide nib (1.1 italic, broad oblique, whatever) gives me nice line variation and a smooth, grippy feel on the page.

Close…it’s 60% sanding, 20% jig-making, 15% spending money on new tools and 4% cursing/ misplacing your tape measure. The remaining 1% is a reeeeaaall fine dice of adhd-infused moments of competency.

Violets are grue
Roses, demonic
Si enil txen siht
Boustrophedonic.

Violets are grue
Roses, demonic
Si enil txen siht
Boustrophedonic.

doubles luge. one guy lays on his back on the luge sled and the second guy lays on his back on top of the first guy

been watching the olympics and i think i found a solution to the male loneliness crisis

Cure: _The Shadow King_ by Maaza Mengiste. She writes all her rough drafts with a fountain pen.

She may have used a stubby/ architect/ italic nib. I use an italic nib since I like a little line variation, but lack the discipline to attempt calligraphy.

Jotters rule! Introduced in 1954, their internal, rotating click mechanism remains unchanged….a first-year jotter will accept a refill made this morning.

What kind is it?

Here you go: it’s this weekend. Loads of stationers there, as well as pens and ink! I’ll have a table there full of vintage pens.

phillypenshow.com

Dated, mated, negated.

What a poem.

From Jeffrey McDaniel's book, Alibi School, published by @therealmanicdpress.bsky.social.

#poem #books #writing

Shop organization? I lack this gene. I have 1,500 sqft of slovenly, albeit keenly sharpened, mess.

The staves are white oak. The substrates are oak plywood for the cabinet, and Medex for the shower wall.

A shower surround made with a bunch of black-lacquered oak staves.

And a shower surround behind the vanity.

There’s four doors on the front of this, operated by touch-latches.

A bunch on dadoes cut into some plywood

One of several hundred oak staves (with a li’l tenon on them

Dadoed plywood with black lacquer applied before assembly

The finished panel

Finished this interesting piece (1/2)

Cranberry curd + pear slices + spiced pecans (not too sweet) on top.

Richard Olney, in Simple French Food (Wiley, 1974)
A minor prose masterpiece prefacing his potato-leek soup.
(Which is easy, and profoundly soul-satisfying)

Every October!

Go to a pen show! They’re a much more diverse gathering of people than they used to be.

Marjoram. I love this stuff.

He’s such a talented craftsman.

'Aubade as Fuel' from LOVE PRODIGAL by Traci Brimhall (Copper Canyon Press)

"You know / I always need to save something, to control it."

'Aubade as Fuel' from LOVE PRODIGAL by Traci Brimhall (Copper Canyon Press) @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social

Sheer brilliance 🤍

#poetry #poetrybooks #poetrycollections

I have these and many others at my table. I’d say “look for the bald guy,” but that’s a pretty broad brush at this event.

Hannah Bonner

Here’s a moody shot of a fantastic-looking pen: the Pilot MYU, from the first year they were made, 1971.