Well, not much to say on that topic. I live in Sweden, I’m from the U.S., I’m continually getting older.
Shaking my head with resignation masquerading as wisdom
Shaking my head with resignation masquerading as wisdom
Well, not much to say on that topic. I live in Sweden, I’m from the U.S., I’m continually getting older.
I am leaving a comment. You knew I would. 😉
Yay!!! Cool site, absolutely fabulous!!! Super design, I love how you tweaked the Thesis. Congratulations! :))
It has been fun changing Thesis around a bit. It’s a very good theme and pretty easy to learn how to do things like the rotating header text and such. I’ll keep fiddling since there’s still a few things I’d like to do.
Love this theme,too.Neat & clean but definitely beautiful.My husband is also into fountain pens apart from being mechanical calculator collector.BTW Thanks for taking time leaving comments in my blog! Greatly appreciated it 😉 Have a great week ahead!
Thanks for your comment and compliment, Cheh. Glad to hear your husband enjoys fountain pens as well! Often that goes with another hobby such as calculators or, in my case, mechanical watches. Not sure how I happened across your blog but it was probably on a search for Filipino food or recipes (Cooking is another love of mine). It is interesting reading so I check in on it now. Take care!
hi! i’m a fountain pen collector in the philippines and a member of PFN-Philippines. i found your site through jenny ortuoste’s links. is it okay to add your site to my blogroll? thanks! you got a beautiful blog going here. cheers!
Clem,
Nice to hear from you and thanks for the comment! Jenny was nice to link to my site since I never really told anyone about it but a few friends. Sure, feel free to link and I’ll return the favor. The folks I know from FPN-P are some of the nicest and I hope you have fun at the meet this weekend. From what I read those meets are some of the most fun ones I’ve seen.
Hi! The pen meet last Saturday was sooo fun! I saw the pens you sent to Caloy and Jenny and they’re very, very beautiful! I was even able to try the one you sent to Caloy and it’s now on my Molie. 🙂
Clem: I saw pictures of the meet and even a video. It really looked like huge fun. I don’t know if my “frankenpens” are all the beautiful but they are a way of recycling parts that might not have been used. 🙂 Thanks for the comment and reading my scribbles here.
“I’ve worked in the technical areas of printing and publishing for way too long now.” As in the newspaper industry? You don’t happen to know a couple of things about t-shirt printing, do you … : )
Ed: I worked for a couple of printing companies. The largest was RR Donnelley in their digital print and book divisions. The printing I worked in is a bit different than using screen printing or digital garment printers. I do have a little hands on experience with screen printing from my days in grad school. Anyway, I’m familiar with the concepts at least. Happy to lend any help I could if you ever need it. But remember, I’m pretty stoopid.
well, i don’t think you’re stoopid. you probably know a lot more than me in this area. thanks for the offer. will call you when i need help. won’t be long i think. appreciate it! : )
TAO.
Very nice blog. I continue to work on mine. More entries to come.
Are you a PCA member? You would really benefit from the library. You can download all kinds of good stuff on Sheafffer.
The Kim: I’ve read your blog since your story about illness in the Windy City. Actually, I’ve bought a few pens from your guys which I’m planning on blogging about soon. It’s always been great to do business with you.
I think I was a PCA member 10 years or longer ago. I had a lull in my pen futzing and let it lapse. Maybe it’s time to join up again. I’ll try to remember to take a look.
Thanks for the comments and information.
this space is beautiful!
I find your blog truly delightful xx
Kate: Thanks for the kind words…the comment is reciprocated about your blog.
Mr. Overfield, you have created a wonderful blog here. I will definitely be reading from now on.
Angela: Thanks for the kind comment. I’m not sure how wonderful this scatter shot place is! Seeing your comment here has reminded me that it’s almost a year since I started this. Wow. Need to update my “about” since I’m older and not wiser now. I enjoyed looking at your fiber art as well. Thanks again for dropping by.
I must say – once again – that you have a fantastic blue (or should I say bleu?) blog! Very fortunate initials, by the way!
LD: Thanks for the compliment. Yep, I do like blue. My initials weren’t planned and I’ve also been told they are the word “human” in Tagalog too.
Hey Thomas,
I was looking to exchange links between our blogs. I was going to e-mail or message you directly, but could not find a contact form or e-mail address. Please feel free to e-mail me directly.
Thanks,
Tom
hi Tom,
I found your blog from your comment on my photo blog and it just so happened that I bought my first fountain pen a few weeks ago. I am still learning how to use it properly, hopefully soon before I pour ink all over myself. You mentioned about having worked with film in a recent post about HDR and here I am getting my friend’s Minolta Autocord TLR cleaned for my street photography. I will definitely have to learn about pens and the lingo, and I guess I’ll be spending some time reading and re-reading your blog. Thanks.
Hi Orlando,
So happy you stopped by. I found your pictures to be great on many levels. I had a B&W darkroom as a young man and enjoyed learning process film and make prints. I have indeed fallen victim to the ease of digital photography but respect the effort and skill needed for traditional photography. I’ve handled twin lens before but never owned one. Those are such classic cameras and the square format makes you compose things much differently. Congrats and I can’t wait to see what you do with it.
It’s funny how I see vintage cameras, vintage watches, and fountain pens often grouped together as the passions of some people. While I see you live a good distance from metro Manila I do recommend getting on the Fountain Pen Network Philippines list. There are very, very helpful and wonderful people there who can provide a lot of help. Also a lot of photography buffs in the group too. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fpn-p/
Great to make your acquaintance. 😀
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for the heads up on the yahoo group and thanks also for the compliments. I still have a lot to learn about fountain pens, but i’ll probably get there.
I have just posted another set of photos on my site (http://afternoonwalks.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/the-waiting-line/) and would like to thank you for the inspiration. I know this sounds unrelated, but I was led to your site from the comment you made in one of my recent posts. I was about to discard this new set of photos for lack of a story but your writing style made me rethink about the collection and I ended up adding two more to the group that made the short essay complete. Please don’t ask me to explain, but the words just came without much thought. Thanks again. 🙂
I’m very happy to have been a help in anyway. I loved the new photo essay and hope you keep finding time to do more. I posted a link on my FB account to it and maybe a few more people will enjoy your images. As for fountain pens the best thing is to just use them and hopefully let them help generate more words to put onto paper. Some people, such as myself, go farther into the history and mechanics but that’s not necessary to enjoy using them. The Philippines fountain pen network is a great resource and, as I said, the people are wonderful to know.