What makes you happier than getting a new pen?

[penwash]

For me, getting writing samples from happy buyers who bought the pens I restored.





I post these with their permissions, of course.

My buyers are awesome

How about you?

[jar]

Getting something other than dirt in my front yard.

[dannzeman]

Playing with my kids.

[southpaw52]

Spending time with the love of my life my wife. Receiving letters from those I write to. Walking our Basset.

[katherine]

Making dinner & then eating it!

[GardenWeasel]

What makes you happier than getting a new pen?

Well, Emerald of Chivor when first released worked wonders for me!

[Jon Szanto]

Spending time with my loved one and days like this:

[Robert]

A cool front in early May (such as we are now enjoying) that brings crisp mornings and banishes high humidity for a few days. (Hey, summer in Houston comes too early and stays too late - - so I'm relishing the moderate conditions while I can).

[Quantum Sailor]

I really like this thread because it made me realize that the list of things that I'm very happy with in my life is too long to fit in a post like this, which is easy to forget sometimes. The short list is my motorcycle, mathematics when my brain is functioning, the people that actually know me.

[Sandy Fry]

Milky Way...the candy bar not the Galaxy.

David

[TAYLORPUPPY]

Getting 2 new pens

[VertOlive]

Watching my tiny son swing a huge thurible while serving Mass.
All 4 dogs in the hammock with me at once.
An excellent book.
Espresso on the deck.
Sailing Lake Michigan.

Oh, the list could go on...

[amk]

Watching hares box in the fields at dawn.
Finally putting a Comtoise clock back together after a week of cleaning.
My kitten coming to the workshop door to miaow for a cuddle.
Seeing an orchard full of cowslips with the dew still on them.

And

Getting a new pen for a single euro in a car boot sale. Always puts a smile on my face and I did it again this weekend.

[ethernautrix]

A bike ride, planning a longer bike ride with friends (a trip involving trains, too), taking pictures, reading a book, Łapa wagging her tail in her sleep (she is a dog), and the countless other simple pleasures.

But what's really nicer than getting a new pen is finding the perfect pen-and-ink match -- and paper, too, especially if the paper is cheap (cos I go through that faster than I go through inks and pens). Also, figuring out, no, really, which are my favorite pens and selling or giving away the used-to-be favorites (cos that was what I was down to before the next purge). Also, getting the number of inked pens down to five (okay, seven, including the two vintage pens that I leave at home, since I get everywhere on bike and this is a city with many cobblestone streets and other bumpy paths) and feeling the "yes, these pen-and-ink combinations, yes." That sweet spot that calms the jangly sense of "too many inked pens, aaaaagh!"

[Ego Id Veto]

Singing with my barbershop quartet and hitting chords perfectly! Got the chance to sing with an award winning quartet last night, and it was almost a religious experience! New pens are a close second, though!

[Jon Szanto]

Singing with my barbershop quartet and hitting chords perfectly! Got the chance to sing with an award winning quartet last night, and it was almost a religious experience! New pens are a close second, though!

Ringing chords, eh? Nice, a phenomenon not many people experience.

[mike.bayer.37]

Not much...maybe getting a new knife.

[mike.bayer.37]

On second thought, a new car would be nice.

[Nevermore]

Sitting in my new really large recliner, specially bought to accommodate me and my dogs, watching pen videos on YouTube. Nice when your family can share your addiction.

[johniem]

A kiss from the Lovely Ms. Marie!