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Idea/Opinion

My Dad’s Lists

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Patrick Rhone

One of the motivations in my personal zeitgeist as I started this site was my long fascination with other people’s handwritten habits and styles. I recently not...

Opinion/Review

I’m Afraid I Kind of Like Digital Paper

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Shawn Mihalik

My most-used productivity tools have historically been my iPad Pro (my primary device since the first one was introduced) and the various notebooks, notepads, a...

Essay/Opinion

The LDS Church Uses Pencils

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Patrick Rhone

Reader Angus Macfarlane reached out to me recently with an anecdote I found fascinating. He agreed to let me share it below: Patrick, I’ve been a long time read...

Essay/Opinion

Why the Composition Book

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Patrick Rhone

by Steve Best The following is a guest post from friend of the site Steve Best. He’s someone whose work I’ve known about for some time now. His blog is very coo...

Opinion

In Defense of Cheap

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Patrick Rhone

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about how we in the pen and paper blogosphere tend to focus on the relatively expensive. I’m even guilty of...

Link/Opinion

Embracing Simplicity and Familiarity — Lane Changes

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Patrick Rhone

Embracing Simplicity and Familiarity — Lane Changes I’m always doing a little bit of tinkering with my daily journaling approach, but these days I’m more focuse...

Opinion

Paper is not broken.

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Patrick Rhone

My friend Steve Best recently sent me a link to yet another tablet like device promising to replace paper to get my take. It seems interesting enough at first g...

Essay/Opinion

One Writer’s Hunt for the Perfect Pencil

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Harry Marks

by Harry Marks Hemingway used them. Steinbeck, too. I was as shocked as anyone to learn pencils are used for more than just filling in the bubbles of a Scantron...

Essay/Opinion

Why Analog?

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Patrick Rhone

I was recently spurred to answer a question about why I prefer writing by hand these days — more specifically using pen and paper — over many of the digital too...

Opinion

My Pen Today

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Patrick Rhone

My pen, today. It’s my favorite vintage pen. I have not used it in a long while. I cleaned it several months back, put it in a case, and forgot about it. ...

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