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Diamine Inkvent 2025

Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 21

Chaos – Extreme Sheen The chaos of the holidays settle into The time between Christmas and New Year's which occupy a liminal space Where time seems to slow down and we seem to take the time to breathe Ink Notes: The picture shows the sheen really well, but not

Diamine Inkvent 2025

Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 20

Ambience – Chameleon The ambience was cozy the candlelight falling on her face just so Her smile Her laugh each a romantic spell That I am lucky to call my Wife Ink Notes: The picture makes this look like a much darker color than it is, and doesn't really

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 11

Brrr! – Pigment Shimmer "Brrr!" she said entering my purchases in the till. "It's so cold!" I shrugged. "Oh, I don't mind. I like the cold and rain." "Then this is the best place for you, then!" I smiled.

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 8

Dream Catcher – Extreme Sheen Does a dream catcher really catch your dreams? Or is it there to remind you that you have dream to catch?

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 5

Marie Rose – Standard "Marie Rose-- what are you doing?" "I'm making cookies for Santa, Mama!" Mother laughed. "That's sweet of you, dear, but I think Santa might like sugar cookies better than mud cookies. I can show you how!" "

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 4

Smokey Tobacco – Scented Santa sat in his large chair the tobacco smoke rising in a curl around his face. "You asked me why," he said, "Well, I do it for the Joy. There's too little of it these days. But if I can bring at

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar Day 3

Carousel – Pigment Ink The carousel of life spins regardless of what is going on or who you are The only thing you can do is make your mark on the world-- what that is depends on you Side note: This ink is really beautiful, and, is the first pigment ink

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Diamine Inkvent Caledar Day 2

Energy (Sheening Ink) The energy it takes to create is more than just putting words to paper it's real work and it can tire you just as much as any other work

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Fountain Pen Thoughts -- February 6

Another new pen today -- a Jinhao Tiandao 1935. I really like this pen and the Diamine Writer's Blood ink works well with it. Missing my Wife today, but super grateful that we have video calling now. I just think about when I traveled to CA [in 2005]

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Fountain Pen Thoughts -- February 4

Blessed (belatedly) Imbolg! A poem: I have to believe in hope to believe in a light at the end of the tunnel to believe that after everything the Spring will come and the butterflies and birds will do their yearly dances. I have to believe that flowers will still bloom

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Fountain Pen Thoughts -- Jan 31

I wrote this grat post about what true "patriotism" is using Londo Mollari from Babylon 5 because he has a great speech in the series about it. I wrote it in Tumblr and I thought I'd copies the whole post and when I went to put

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Fountain Pen Thoughts -- Jan 28

#fountainpens Storm Eowyn knocked out power here for nearly 3 days. Our cell service was out, too. I read a lot and it was hard not being able to talk to The Wife. It also gave me a lot of time to think. Americans are at an inflection point. We

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Fountain Pen Thoughts - Jan 23

It's National Handwriting Day in the US, so I figured I'd break out my stub nib TWSBI Diamond 580. It's inked with Grotto from the Diamine Inkvent Calendar. I love my TWSBIs and am a little sad that my full TWSBI collection is not

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#FountainPen Thought - Jan. 21

F--K TRUMP That is all. Pen: Kaweco Piston Filler Ink: Diamine Green/Black (That's all I can really say right now.)

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Fountain Pen Thoughts -- January 16

It's my Birthday! Holy crap, I'm 49! I've always been fine with my Birthday, but this year it's kind of surprised me that I'm as old as I am. I don't feel that old, you know? The last

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Fountain Pen Thoughts - 14 Jan.

#fountainpens #handwriting #blog Pen: Benu Skulls and Roses "Crow" Ink: Pelikan Edelstein Onyx Internet woes now over and new router installed! Today I can stream! https://www.twitch.tv/lulujamesspencer Yay! Now on to other things-- I just want to remind people that you don't have

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Today's Fountain Pen Thoughts

Today I'm waiting for my new wifi router to show up. Making a new-to-me grain in the Instant Pot called freekeh. I hope it's good. It certainly sounded interesting. Going to try and stream tonight. If you want to join me, go over to http://twitch.

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Fountain Pen Thoughts — 8 January

Meant to do this yesterday but my wifi router decided to die on me. I still have my phone, so I can still post. So this is mostly an FYI: I will most likely close up shop on Facebook at some point in the next few months, due to FB’

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Fountain Pen Thoughts - 1/3/25

This is a new @benupen called "Skull and Roses Crow." Very fitting for me as I love crows and even have a crow tattoo on my left shoulder. This pen is happy-making. I have a number of crows out in my backyard. Over New Year's, I

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar -- Day 25

#diamineinkventcalendar #inkvent2024 #diamineinkvent2024 Good Tidings -- Extreme Sheen I actually brok out the dip pen for this one to see how it writes! It's either a deep black or blue-black with a green-gold sheen. It's definitely a very interesting ink! Happy Christmas and Blessed Holidays for

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar -- Day 24

#diamineinkventcalendar #inkvent2024 #diamineinkvent2024 Salted Caramel -- Shimmer Another lovely brown! It does, indeed, look like caramel! The color and shimmer in this one are just right. This might be a full bottle contender. (Not sure which will be bought in full bottles, but that will have to wait for a

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar -- Day 23

#diamineinkventcalendar #inkvent2024 #diamineinkvent2024 Pine Needle -- Chameleon I adore green inks! I really like this saturated color, and honestly, I'd like it with or without the glitter. When it's wet, the swirling glitter looks really cool in the ink. Like glittering green garland!

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar -- Day 22

#diamineinkventcalendar #inkvent2024 #diamineinkvent2024 Nutmeg -- Shimmer This is a really neat color! When it was wet, it looked like melted copper, but dry it looks like bronze. I do like my browns, and this is a very interesting effect with the gold glitter.

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar -- Day 21

#diamineinkventcalendar #inkvent2024 #diamineinkvent2024 Cosmic Glow -- Extreme Sheen This is a really nice blue with a heavy red sheen. While there's plenty of this type of ink around, I do like that this is a more royal blue. This looks cool when writing, though. I do love a

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Diamine Inkvent Calendar -- Day 20

#diamineinkventcalendar #inkvent2024 #diamineinkvent2024 Potpurri -- Standard Another lilac-themed color. Not gonna lie-- not very enthused about this color, but I don't hate it, either. Write's well, though. (I just got a Sailor Dip Pen now! Yay!)