I slapped my forehead. Of course, why didn’t I think of that? Four Nakayas now nestle in the five-pen case. (The araishu, which I use least often, stays in its kimono.) The Oldwin has to remain in the largest slot, and even then has room to wiggle. The Nakaya pen kimono is one of the …
After Mass, we passed by HMR. The self-styled “surplus haus” boasted banners in summer colors, and streamers with huge “70% off” headlines in watermelon red. HMR usually has computers, audio and video equipment, legacy parts and supplies (when was the last time you saw dot-matrix printer paper, or 128 MB thumb drives?), and furniture. The …
I noticed a pen friend (hi, rcdiugun!) carrying one of these when we met at Starbucks. When I saw them for sale at Fully Booked in Bonifacio High Street, I couldn’t resist picking up three, even though I already own a 40-pen case. It says “mohohon” and “Cheery,” and has an absurdly cute cat. It …
Thanks to Pengallery’s ongoing holiday sale, I now have a Conway Stewart 40-pen case. It is a necessity rather than a treat. That I filled all the slots with the pens I was carrying in my handbag, plus had a couple left over, was not totally a shock. It certainly felt like my shoulder was …