A teal ink that changes by the hour
Inside: one deep teal, a week of swatches and a line of loops that shifts toward blue.
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Short pieces on pens, inks and handwriting, one every other Saturday.
Cleaning a pen that sat in a drawer for forty years
Inside: a trickle of water, a soft cloth and the first line of ink in four decades.
Why your slant matters less than your pressure
Inside: two practice sheets, one light hand and one heavy, and what each does to a nib.
The stationery stall in the old lane
Inside: stacks of blank paper, a man who has sold pens since before I was born and what I bought.
Replacing a sac without losing your temper
Inside: the old rubber, the new rubber and the order I do things in.
Eight maroons, one swatch sheet
Inside: eight reds that look the same in the bottle and very different on paper.
Ten minutes a day of loops and strokes
Inside: a small daily page, a pencil and the one habit that improved my hand.
How to tell a good nib from a tired one
Inside: a bright light, a loupe and three small things to look for.
A pen roll for the road
Inside: five pens, one soft roll and how I carry them across the city.
Rain on the page: writing through the monsoon
Inside: damp paper, slow-drying ink and a few ways to keep your line clean.
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Dry Time
A short letter every other Saturday about one ink, one pen and one small thing to try on the page.