Ana Reinert, of The Well-Appointed Desk, is not only one of my coolest friends, but she makes the coolest products, too. One of her latest, the Land of Inkin’ Special Edition Col-o-ring was made specifically for the Chicago Pen Show, and she sent me one to give away this week. Read the rules below to enter, and check out all of the awesomeness at The Well-Appointed Desk Shop and see everything Ana makes!
We back! (From vacation)
Well that was a whirlwind of a week off, but I’m back in the saddle today and catching up on all the things.
June is lining up to be a busy one, with a new collaboration product release, a pen show at the end of the month, and all of the reviews, podcasts, and streams you can handle.
This week’s schedule:
Tuesday, 10 a.m.: Stream at https://www.twitch.tv/PenAddict - Unboxing and catch-up
Wednesday, 2 p.m.: Stream at https://www.twitch.tv/PenAddict - Write-along/postcarding
Thursday, 9 a.m.: Podcast at https://www.relay.fm/live - R.I.P. Platinum Curidas with Myke
Thursday, 10:30 a.m.: Stream at https://www.twitch.tv/PenAddict - Stationery shenanigans
Members content: Refill #526, featuring May's TPA Chronicles, and finalizing the notebook launch.
As always, if there is anything you want to share, or want me to cover, drop a comment below and I’ll do my best.
Let’s have a month!
Misfill, 500 Pens Edition
Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:
Read:
— “Be Here Now”—A Commencement Speech Featuring 500 Pens (From the Pen Cup)
— Keith Haring’s Ordinary, Extraordinary To-Do Lists (Curbed)
— Los Campesinos!’ 20-year archive of silly band T-shirt designs is a sweaty journey through indie rock aesthetics (It’s Nice That)
— End of an Era: Iconic Shibuya Hands to Close After 48 Years (Spoon & Tamago)
— Japan Trip Journal: A Visit to Kakimori, Including Custom Notebooks and the InkStand! (The Gentleman Stationer)
— Paper Review: UglyPads (Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
— Pen Porn: Den’s Pens Baetylus “Twister” (Rachel’s Reflections)
— Baran's Pens Sleeve (UK Fountain Pens)
— Read on Expiration? (Dime Novel Raven)
— Make all your pens glow in the dark with one neat trick (Extra Fine Writing)
— Retro writing 17 – reMarkable 2 (Mateusz Urbanowicz)
— New New Pen: Black Robin Pens Puck in Copper Collision (Cheryl Lindo Jones)
— From My Submarine Yellow Notebook (Take Note)
— Inky Pursuits: May 2026. (Fountain pen blog)
— Grand Sumo May 2026 Tournament day 1 to 3 (Inkcredible Colours)
— Plotter: getting to where I ordered one (Stationery🍕)
— Logical Prime A6 Slim 2.5mm Grid Notebook (Notebook Stories)
Watch:
— journaling essentials ⊹ a beginner's guide (nookends)
— Michael Schur & Joe Posnanski - Big Fan! (Figboot on Pens)
— I Bought Every Blackwing Pencil So You Don't Have To (DWRDNET)
— I guess I should show you one of my favorite inks... : Sailor Manyo Shirakashi! (Inkdependence)
— Testing Tom’s Studio ORI Refillable Highlighters (From Carola)
Want to catch the rest, plus extra articles, reviews, commentary, discounts, and more? Try out a Pen Addict Membership for only $5 per month!
