I’ve been liking brush pens lately. From none, I now own three. One of them is the Akashiya Bamboo brush pen, which I must admit I bought because it was made of bamboo plus it had butterflies on it. There is a butterfly on the cap. There are two butterflies on the barrel, but I …
If you have a knife, a collection of thin bamboo sticks originally meant to be home decor, and an idle mind, you can make your own bamboo pen. Carve diagonally into the tip of the bamboo (if you didn’t pick yours up from a home store, but from your backyard, you’ll have to dry it …
Imagine me, a woman of thirty, trying to grab a rooster by the tail in my grandaunt’s backyard. I didn’t succeed, but my huffing and flailing amused my family. After a good time was had by all, my uncle handed me a tailfeather he picked up. Here, he said, I don’t know what you want …