At last, a highly-request sequel to our earlier list of Notebooks to Adore & Destroy— this time, pen edition (!)

(Turns out, it takes a long time to study something so wildly unimportant and yet…meaningfully impactful when used day in, day out.)

[Aside: My friends have heard me tell this story ad nauseam, but I recently observed a woman having a John McEnroe-level meltdown in a homewares shop while trying to select a Moroccan rug. After traumatizing the employees with hyper-specific questions, she eventually burst into tears and wailed, “It’s not about the rug!” Fair enough.

And to this I say, at the highest level, It’s not about the pen! It’s about having a preference at all, about selecting something you pick up every day to act as extension and translator of your thoughts and ideas. So…can you just use the old ballpoint you got for free in the lobby of the Hilton Garden Inn you booked on points while driving through Ashland, OR? Uh….yeah, I guess. But if the idea of something slightl…