The TWSBI ALR Purple was released last week and what a beauty. I fluctuate between being slightly behind the ball to being extremely behind the ball and so I’m sorry to say it’s already mostly gone, but we are expecting a new shipment imminently, hopefully by the end of the week.* The ALR-Purple is a … [Read more…]
Some of you long-time followers of the blog may know that I have an ongoing battle with spam. It reached a peak some time a year or two ago, and I had to delete a few blog posts that were receiving hundreds of spam comments a day, but now it’s “under control.” Usually I filter … [Read more…]
It’s been a hectic couple of years! To recap, in 2017, we were cosy in our beloved 250 Carlaw location in Leslieville when we found out our rent was increasing 30%, a bit too substantial for us to maintain. While there were a few other factors in there, with the increase in rent, our cards … [Read more…]
This summer, with Caleb out of school, we’re flying over Japan and Hong Kong. We’ve long been ear-marking time to go and making loose plans, but now that it’s May, things are certainly ramping up. We leave at the end of June to make it to Tokyo’s annual stationery trade show. Following that, our itinerary … [Read more…]
In lieu of journaling prompts for May, I thought I might share about my reading journal. For a little backstory, I grew up reading a lot. I wasn’t really allowed to read at the dinner table, but I often read while snacking or eating solo, I read late into the night, reading on the edge … [Read more…]