Les Aventures de Sylvie (The Adventures of Sylvie)

Part curiousity and part study led me to rummage through old books of my wife that dated back to her adolescent years. An interesting series I found was Les Aventures de Sylvie.

It's a very innocent adventure series, kind of like the ones for young adults genre. I find it fun as she goes to places, meet new people, make new friends and it also makes for a good french excercise.

Although we do not personally have the whole collection, maybe we will someday when we have more chances to drop by thrift shops.

Loot for Thought - Fans Earth

Back then when blogging and word processing software were scarce, pen-and-paper was still the dominant players in school and art supplies. Today, if you would like to pursue a career in fine arts or the like, computers, a tablet or a lightpen (Wacom) are the best way to go. 

Indeed, but sometimes you want that pen and paper feel. Wether it's writing or drawing, it's the same feeling that some of us miss experiencing like scribbling on smooth paper using sign pens, fountain pens or even fine tip technical pens.

My all-time-favorites are Rotring and Staedtler pens in the 0.1 to 0.3 range. Pilot V5s are also good for drawings. I've scavenged for these beauties today. A pen holder/binder from Brunnen was cool too, I just wished they had more designs to choose from.