{"id":2938,"date":"2024-09-21T12:31:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T19:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2024-09-21T12:31:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T19:31:45","slug":"writing-fountain-pens-chemical-rainbow-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2024\/09\/21\/writing-fountain-pens-chemical-rainbow-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing: Fountain Pens (Chemical Rainbow Theme)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A slightly shaky page from a letter to a pen pal about my fondness for San Francisco’s local version of autumn, and fondly remembering the gingko trees near my temporary apartment on Mission Creek; the pearly metallic black ink that came with the pen; the stub nib I chose; the ink in the bottle; the pen in its box.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been waiting to enjoy this special pen for a day when my writing arm isn’t sore. That day hasn’t come, so I decided to stop waiting and write anyway<\/em>, with soothing ice pack breaks relieving my arm of its internal swelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My writing sample isn’t the best here – I’ve waited weeks<\/em> to hold a real pen again – but this Monteverde “Innova Formula M Fountain Pen – Lightning (Limited Edition)” pen provides a smooth, pleasant writing experience. The ink’s silvery sheen is pleasant. It has some special wetting agents that made it feather on my usual papers (and I thought nothing could feather on Tomoe River!<\/em>), but works well on ordinary paper. I like the softness<\/strong><\/em> of this black. It makes me think of my well-washed, favorite black denim jeans, but more metallic. (This gives me ideas of special effects I might like in my denim if this didn’t make them less soft..<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the writing sample notes, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this time of year, especially for food reasons, but also because of the delivery of dramatic skies. Oh, how I love them – they make mornings so moody, and sunsets so colorful…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look forward to using this pen-ink combination on other papers for long writing sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been waiting to enjoy this special pen for a day when my writing arm isn’t sore. That day hasn’t come, so I decided to stop waiting and write anyway, with soothing ice pack breaks relieving my arm of its internal swelling. My writing sample isn’t the best here – I’ve waited weeks to hold … <\/p>\n

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