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Simple Pleasures: Writing With a Fountain Pen

I’ve been focusing the last few posts on cursive writing and its uses. To return to the topic one more time, I’d like to recommend my favorite tool for this particular job: a fountain pen.

The fountain pen is almost a relic from another age, nearly eclipsed by innovations that make pens sturdier, less likely to leak, and more disposable. Not many people care to mess with a fountain pen when a free ballpoint is readily available at any counter.

My two most prized writing instruments: my trusty Waterman Carene (top) and my new, locally made moose antler (bottom) (Photo: Mark Zeiger).

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Letters Keep Cursive Writing Alive

In my last post, I defended cursive writing as a dying art form. One finds few opportunities to use handwriting in the modern world, unless one looks for them. In my opinion, the best reason to practice handwriting currently is to write letters.

Unfortunately, sending written letters by post is another practice that many people condemn as archaic. Fewer and fewer people know what it feels like to receive a letter in the mail containing a personal message from a friend or loved one. I believe the world is the poorer for it. Is there any gift that can be more simply or inexpensively given? Can you imagine not appreciating receipt of a letter from someone you love? It’s a sure way to make someone’s day, and, even in this era of yearly postal rate increases, it’s a bargain! Continue reading →

Simple Pleasures: Writing With a Fountain Pen

Letters Keep Cursive Writing Alive

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