I was rummaging through some old boxes yesterday in search of the many writing journals I have squirreled away, unused, over the years. I found a couple, but I also found a surprise.
Tucked neatly into a corner was a box containing pencils, sketch pads, and “teach yourself to draw” books of various flavors. I often [...]
The Watched Pot never boils and the Anticipated Mail Delivery never arrives. They apparently went to school together.
I’m anxiously awaiting two pens. One is an Esterbrook #32 dip pen and the other is my Pelikan M200 that has spent a week or two at the Dannzeman Fountain Pen Finishing School where it has been coerced [...]
Have you shopped for toothpaste lately? Just how many different brands, varieties, sizes and flavors are needed to satisfy the marketplace? I’d say four, maximum. Certainly not the forty-plus that exist today.
Having too many options hinders the decision making process. There’s even a term for it: Consumer Vertigo
The same vertigo can be experienced when searching [...]