Misfill, Daily Doodles 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:

— Daily Calendar Doodles, September - December (Baum-kuchen)

— Highlights of My 2025 - Year of Self-care (Penguin’s Post)

— My Favorite Books of 2025 (June Thomas)

— My 2026 Q1 Planning and Moving to a New Planner (Writing at Large)

— TWSBI Midnight Blue (Inkcredible Colours)

— My Year in Ink – 2025 (inkxplorations)

— Big Idea Design Ti Base Line Field Watch Review (The Poor Penman)

— Ink Omakase: December 2025 (Inkcredible Colours)

— Is Your Day Blooming? (Scription Studio)

— 25 Days of Dupes 2025 - Wrap-Up (Rachel’s Reflections)

— ink review : TAG Kyoto kyo-no-oto #15 usugumo (inkxplorations)

— 2025: some of my fountain pen highlights. (Fountain pen blog)

— Third Annual META-REVIEW Pensplosion ARGHRHFH (Extra Fine Writing)

— Back with Hobonichi and Tomoe for 2025 (Deliberate Objects)

— How to Jumpstart Your Creative Process with William S. Burroughs’ Cut-Up Technique (Open Culture)

— Intertapes (Intertapes)

Watch:

— A Solo Trip to Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵 (Abbey Sy)

— My 2026 Planners & Journals 📚 Techo Kaigi (Job’s Journal)

— A Japanese Stationery Geek’s Top 5 Pens: The 2025 List (Fudefan)

— 2025 Favorite Fountain Pens and Inks (with Honorable Mentions) - YouTube (my dandelion diaries)

— My Brother Tried Fountain Pens for the First Time… This Was His Reaction (Mark Your Pages)

— 2025 Pen and Stationery Review and Trends (Inky Rocks)

— Best Bang for the Buck Ever? Asvine C80 - YouTube (Figboot on Pens)

— Lost Footage: Check out this beautiful ink from Amarillo Stationery and a couple other rad things! (Inkdependence)

— 2025 Pen of the Year Awards (The Offstage Me)

— A Very Sensible Techo Kaigi | Planning Ecosystem for 2026 (Erick Gama)

— Graphilo A5 and Liscio-1 A5 Papers Head to Head - YouTube (dwrdnet)

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LAMY Balloon Fountain Pen Giveaway

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The Pen Addict Podcast: Episode 697 - Use What You Have

2026 Year of the Kakuno who says no?

Using what you have is going to be a recurring theme this year, as already expensive fountain pens have been hit with the most aggressive price increases we have ever seen. No one knows how this is going to play out, but I do know that many of us will be looking at what we already own and making sure we get the most from it.

Show Notes & Download Links

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