There is something magical about putting pen to paper in the quietness of a very early morning…

I had been falling behind with my pen pals, what with the last few weekends completely gone to traveling. Finally, sat down and wrote to three of my friends – all in Europe. Used some new Midori paper that Madhuri Agrawal had introduced me to and the new Sailor pen from India. And yes, tried my brand new embosser too!!

The days have gotten a bit hectic and I had fallen off the horse of regular letter writing. Made some amends today.

… than doing some writing early in the morning. Used the recently acquired Sailor pen. Flows beautifully. Loved the blue black color of ink that Karan had put in Mumbai airport.

113 so far (not counting the glass pens and bamboo pens). This is a completely unintuitive behavior from a person who tries to be a minimalist!

This week’s letter to pen friend was not on my normal monogrammed paper. Tried my new embosser this time!!

The other day, I was talking to my friend Danny when he mentioned that his brother makes pens as a hobby.

“Does he make fountain pens?” I had asked.

“No, ball points, I think.” he said.

And that was that…

Till his brother decided to make a fountain pen for me!!

Got this as a gift from Akshay. This has all the elements of stuff I like – math, writing with fountain pen and something completely quirky.

As you see, the name of the notebook is “Nonstandard Notebook” – Mathematically Ruled Pages for Unruly Thoughts!!

Check out the Contents page. I have also included two sample pages – “herringbone” and “rupture” curves and the mathematical equations that give rise to those lines!!

Love writing on it!