I actually wrote a letter today!! I mean 'wrote,' as in 'writing with a pen/pencil'...not typed on the computer...!! This was a letter of thanks to someone who had given me a couple of pieces of something which is part of his heritage and which he hands out very carefully...and this also gave me a chance to test the flow of a recently acquired fountain pen...and also to see how Pelikan brown ink, an ink colour I hadn't used till now, looked when curled into letters on a white sheet of paper... and it was all these three... and I was completely satisfied with the flow of the ink in the new fountain pen...the Pelikan brown ink looked good on white paper...and the letter came out very well...though I was exra profuse with the thanks...I think I can safely blame that on the urge to write some more and some more...what with the ink looking good and flowing well in the pen...
Though I collect fountain pens and use them, I don't get the chance to use them as much as I would like to...so, I create situations where I can use them...I keep a small notebook in my pocket and I write down a lot of things in that with my fountain pen...sometimes I feel I need to write and I don't know what to write, because most of my professional and personal 'writing' is done on the computer...including this post on this blog...and I feel I am cheating the fountain pen fellowship by hoarding pens and not using them...that too expensive ones...
I have made a mid-year resolution...that I will write at least one letter every week to someone I know...far or near or even in Hyderabad...those of you who want a letter from me may please enter your addresses in the comments section and you can also specify the pen and ink! and if I have that pen and ink...I will write a letter to you...sounds terribly stupid?
I don't think it sounds stupid at all. I lent a close friend a, Parker Sonnet fountain pen. A couple days latter he said he hadn't used it because he hadn't anyone to write to. I gave him an empty book, and suggested he write what he'd done or seen during the day. It gave him a chance to write something if anything, a sort of diary, will be curious to see if he follows up.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your blog on "books on books" and especially the joys of fountain pens, like Gama. It is a fine pleasure to slow down the world with a fine FP. Just wanted to say that it was a pleasure to read that and also your search for remains of the hydrabad fountain pen maker. Happy reading, writing, and teaching.
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