“Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with golden lacquer. It teaches us to embrace damage and flaws.” — ManGill. For most of my adult life I have helped repair the sick. Many had their lives suddenly shattered and altered forever. It was a job at which I was quite good. Recently, the… Read more

“In black ink my love may still shine bright…” William Shakespeare Even I have to admit that there are times when a fountain pen is not the best option. At those awkward moments, you could do a lot worse than reaching for one of these pens. The UNIBALL Zento gel pen was released in late… Read more

“I wisely started with a map…” J. R. R. Tolkien Our family likes maps. In fact Melissa is extremely fond of them, her copy of the Times World Atlas never far from hand. Maps are fascinating, as is the fact that you only ever need five colours to represent the countries, no matter the size,… Read more