“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

“I am the Nile…” Cleopatra The Edwin Smith Papyrus is located in the New York Society of Medicine. Like many similar objects it was liberated from Egypt in the 1800s. The 4.86m scroll is believed to be a scribe copy of a document from around 3000-2500 BCE. The author is thought to be the architect,… 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