I can hardly believe I’ve reached the 9-year milestone! In celebration, I’m debuting something new on my blog.
9-Year Blogiversary
Posted in Personal
Month: June 2026
Ginny: The Little Force of Nature
Posted in Cat
I meant to write about the newest member of our clowder at her 6-month gotchaversary. But, for some reason, I had in mind that her gotcha day was at the end of November, when it was actually the third. So, I’m a month late, but I don’t think she’d mind. If you want to keep up with our clowder, check out their Instagram account.
Before we start
Jim originally named our girl Jane, since he felt she seemed no-nonsense, rather like Jane Austen. However, I kept thinking of Jane Bennet — from Pride and Prejudice — and our little girl is most definitely NOT calm and serene. She seemed to agree with me, because she showed no sign of responding to her name after about a month.
After considering her personality, I tried Ginevra — Ginny — from Harry Potter. Our Ginny is small, athletic, smart, and temperamental, so I thought it suited her well. And she must agree, because she was responding to her new name within a day.
So, to make things easier, I’m going to refer to her as Ginny throughout this post, but know that she was Jane until late November.
Fountain Pen Rainbow 2026
Posted in Fountain Pens
Happy Pride Month! I love creating my yearly pen rainbow. This year, I chose the progress flag designed by Daniel Quasar to match. I didn’t choose the newer, intersex pride flag because I couldn’t figure out how to represent the purple circle on a yellow background with a pen. This also means I get to choose some additional pens for the colors in the arrow.
You can also check out my 2024 rainbow, 2025 rainbow, and 2025 bi flag matches.
Matching the progress flag means I have two “sections” to match. Following the left-to-right, top-to-bottom reading order, let’s start with the “progress arrow.”