A Gathering of Curiosities

We lived in our old house for nine years, almost a decade.

I’ve been enjoying other people’s write-ups of the ten pens they would keep if they had to downsize.

2026 has been a tumultuous year so far.

The world is awful.

Tariffs have decimated my ordering from abroad.

I keep thinking about what Brad (The Pen Addict) said in his Stationery Things I Learned in 2025: “I’m tapped out of the high-end fountain pen market.”

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the annual “What happened with my stationery intentions?”

It is now a tradition on this blog that I highlight the best fountain pen and stationery finds of the year in early December.

The #12Penpersonquestions come from the wonderful Lisa at Olive Octopus Ink.

I have 51 bottles of ink as of last counting, and a bunch of samples from various years.

I ended up taking an almost two month break from blogging, without planning to do so.

Today marks the second bloggiversary of Curiosities.

I found myself revisiting Anthony Newman’s old posts again.

I’ve been thinking lately about my collecting premise of staying close to 20 pens or under.

I attended my first pen show this weekend!

I’ve been in the hobby for five years, and for the last 2 I’ve been wanting to attend a pen show.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Addy/The Stationery Stack.

I was talking to Derek (dwrdnet) the other day, and he said he thought my blog offered a unique and different minimalist viewpoint (do check out his awesome Youtube channel).

I’ve been contemplating how much we might or might not be susceptible to trends within our communities of interest.