“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

“A collector of Fountain pens is often referred to by the noun pauper…” Morpheus Everyone likes to use fancy words, superior people’s words. Here is a small primer, should you want to talk fountain pens. The ferrule is both the top of the cap, and the bottom of the barrel, especially if it is separate… Read more

“Malta is a sod of a place…” RAF Air Vice Marshall, David Niven When making model aircraft I have a compulsive tendency to paint them blue, sometimes just because. This upsets and often ignites people in the hobby known as rivet counters. They believe that if a plastic model is not absolutely, entirely historically accurate… Read more