Not all pencils are created equal, and now I'm pickier than ever when it comes to my pencil of choice. Why? Our youngest son has forever ruined me when it comes to pencils.
Whenever I write, it helps my creativity and thought process when I first write by hand and then type on my laptop. I typically hand write my first drafts with paper and pencil. I've always been a Ticonderoga pencil fan, and as bougie/bougee as it sounds, there's something to be said for the texture and the feel of writing in pencil on Moleskine paper. I know it sounds geeky, nerdy, weird, but trust me it is true.
Since Klay already knew of my writing preferences and methods, he gifted me with a nice 2025 Moleskine planner and a set of Blackwing pencils.
Blackwing pencils collaborated with Moleskine, and it is pure tactile delight merging the two to write. After a week or so of writing with the Blackwings, Tammy found they had their own line of pencil sharpeners and she surprised me with one. I didn't even know about Blackwing a month ago, and now I have their complete set.
Knowing your family/loved ones well enough to know what gifts to give them is a blessing in itself, like a recent gift our oldest gave us of a birdfeeder with a camera in it -- in our old age Tammy and I love to sit and watch the wild birds eat... It might be a gift of your favorite beverage, or a gift card to your go-to restaurant, or a simple tee shirt or even a useful tool. The value in the gift is the joy it brings and significance it holds for the receiver, not the price tag.
Yes, this all sounds a dorky as it can be enjoying pencils and paper and such, but it is the "little things in life" that sometimes make the best gifts. Tammy is a gift-giver, it is her love language and she has passed this on to our four sons, because of her influence our boys are kind, generous, and thoughtful.
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