Vertigo

I was reading a discussion about the stuff we collect, and lots of things came up like pens and watches. Well, I'm not a watch collector, and I wouldn't call myself a fountain pen collector, but I do love fountain pens and have several. Although I can't say that I have used many of them lately. I need to be careful not to use the fountain pens around my little girl because she's in that phase where she goes stab! stab! with pens & crayons. Eeks! That would be instant death to my fountain pen nibs.

I love writing with fountain pens -- I think it's because I have a "lazy" hand -- and my favorite daily pen is an ST Dupont in a beautiful red lacquer with squares pattern. You can see what it looks like on the rollerball version:
http://www.pensinasia.com/olympio_l...o_rb-dupont.htm
They have a newer pen that is similar which has a diamond pattern (instead of the squares). Have had other pens, Mont Blanc, Waterman, Parker, & Cartier, but seem to return to the Dupont for some reason.

Now if only I can improve on my handwriting. It has deteriorated over the years with my increased typing. I think the only thing I really write these days are a few checks now and then, scribbling knitting paterns, jotting down M's feeding & diaper changes (yes, we still do this out of habit), and shopping lists. I have to make lists for everything, otherwise I'll forget. Oftentimes I think of something to put on a list, but forget before I get around to actually writing it down. This is why I still haven't gotten around to picking up more olive oil... it's just not something I think about when I'm shopping.

M likes to "write" with pens and crayons. We try to encourage her to write ON paper, but she has also written on DVD covers, on books (covers & inside pages!), on the coffee table, on boxes, on her chair, on the ottoman, and I'm sure there are other places I just can't think of right now or haven't yet discovered. Sigh. Our poor coffee table is showing signs of M wear, she has stabbed the thing with pens and other hard objects, and there seem to be a lot more scratches & pock marks. You can sort of see this in my knitting photos, where the earlier photos show a more pristine table, and the later photos show how much the table has been abused since. We are not getting new furniture until she is much older.

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