A Pen of One's Own: a new installment

[Jon Szanto]

Well...

Our own Laura N. has an occasional piece on Rick Proppas' Penguin site. A new installment is up, speaking about her relationship to the Parker Duofold her grandfather introduced her to. But, as with all good writers, it is about a lot more than that. She might not make a post about it, but I will, because it is very much about the human side of what we care about in these objects.

A Parker Man

[cwent2]

I liked the comment that the pen restoration is more than the pen is worth - never in a million years!

Owning your Grandfather's pen - Priceless!

I read the article prior to the post - it is a good article.

Thanks for sharing Laura N.!

Thanks for posting Jon

Cw

[jde]

Brava, Laura!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Great story. I remember plastic slipcovers! My aunt had them. No fountain pens, though. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

[firewhatfire]

An enjoyable read.

[dr.grace]

Yes, well done.

[fountainpenkid]

Great read! Thanks for sharing!

[dannzeman]

I enjoyed that very much. Thank you for sharing, Jon. Well done, Laura.

[klpeabody]

What a lovely article, Laura! Thank you!

[Bogon07]

A lovely story. I could even imagine a Norman Rockwell painting of large wooden desk.

Great story. I remember plastic slipcovers! My aunt had them. No fountain pens, though. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

One of my school friend's parents had them as well as plastic runners to protect the carpet.

[bleair]

That was a fantastic story... I ended spending a fair bit of time tangentially googling duofolds.

My grandparents had the protective plastic runners you put down on carpet. I remember as a kid seeing one pulled up with the extra spiky underside and thinking as a kid, man that has to permanently pierce the carpet... I thought the plastic was great as it looked like a race track and imagined they were designed with special extra traction along the edges so you'd be able to corner tightly and not slide off It's only now do I understand just how much dirt gets tracked in (especially by smaller ones)

[KrazyIvan]

I enjoyed that piece. Thank you very much. It reminded me of my grandfather.

[Laura N]

Thank you all very much for the kind words. I wasn't sure how this turned out, so it's very nice to hear that people liked it.

[Mags]

Laura,

Je vous remercie. Thank you for the article. I enjoyed reading it.

Mags


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[kaisnowbird]

Thank you Laura.It's a beautiful story vividly told. I'd say that you are a raconteur, like your grandpa.
It certainly brought to mind my own childhood memories and my beloved grandparents. Thank you again.

[writingrav]

Very lovely piece!

[Jeph]

That was a moving story. It showed that it came from the heart.

[Tiggercat]

I'm not the slightest bit ashamed to admit that brought a tear to my eye. Thank you Laura, for a wonderful story.

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[dr.grace]

Laura's new article is out now. Another great read! I can definitely identify with her experience repairing Vacumatics.