Sunday Reads: September 29. 2019

Calligraphy and Lettering with Toronto Pen Company!

Saturday, October 5, 2019
10 am - 1 pm
Paper Plus Cloth
Brush Calligraphy

Saturday, October 12, 2019
10 am - 1 pm
Paper Plus Cloth
Intro to Pointed Pen Calligraphy

Friday, January 17, 2020
9 am - 12 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Handwriting 101 - Improve Your Penmanship

Friday, January 17, 2020
11 am - 12:30 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Fountain Pens 101

Friday, January 17, 2020
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Inky Messes, Inky Fun

Friday, January 17, 2020
1:30 - 4:30 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Calligraphy & Lettering with Letters and Textures

Friday, January 17, 2020
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Pen Play After Class

Saturday, January 18, 2020
9 am - 12 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Introduction to Pointed Pen Calligraphy

Saturday, January 18, 2020
9 am - 10:30 am
Philadelphia Pen Show
Comprehensive Intro to Fountain Pens and their Friends

Saturday, January 18, 2020
11 am - 12:30 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Fountain Pens 101

Saturday, January 18, 2020
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Inky Messes, Inky Fun

Saturday, January 18, 2020
4:30 - 5:30 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Pen Play After Class

Sunday, January 19, 2020
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Fountain Pens 101

Sunday, January 19, 2020
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Philadelphia Pen Show
Inky Messes, Inky Fun

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Stuff I Looked At Elsewhere & Read

• South African Flowers Frozen into Fleeting Arrangements - Colossal.
• Classic Paintings Improved With Mr. Bean - Sad and Useless.
• Photographs of Animals and Architecture are Sliced and Rearranged into Bizarre Collages - Colossal.
• Cats with double chins - Sad and Useless.
• How To Handle A Massive Seaweed Invasion? Yucatán Towns Get Creative - NPR.
• Robin Williams gives voice to a silent killer - The Globe and Mail.
• Some birds are total jerks - Sad and Useless.
• What’s Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell.
• The Lost Words - John Muir Trust.
• Becoming: A Short Timelapse Film Shows a Single Cell Morphing Into a Complete, Complex Living Organism - Open Culture.
• 18 Little Details You Never Noticed About Michael Scott - Buzz Feed.
• Scientists Find Out How Leaping Maggots Leap - NPR.
• Poet Jane Kenyon’s Advice on Writing: Some of the Wisest Words to Create and Live By - Brain Pickings.
• Watch Every Episode of Bob Ross’ The Joy Of Painting Free Online: 403 Episodes Spanning 31 Seasons - Open Culture.

Stuff I Apparently Did This Week

• P.W. Akkerman Simplisties Violet Ink
• Miquel Rius Flexible Cover Notebook
• Esterbrook Estie Tortoise Fountain Pen Review with some Vintage Nibs
• San Francisco International Pen Show 2019

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