Happy birthday to Palimpsest which today completes two years of blogging. A warm thank you to dear Readers and commenters and dropping-by-chancers for keeping this blog alive through thick and thin. It has been a difficult year for Palimpsest. Here are the top ten posts of these two years:
1. Rebirth by Sharpening, on the pleasures of sharpening
2. Penwork that cramps my hand, Heaney's translation of the 11th-century poem
3. Caput Mortuum, Momie, Mommia, Mummy Brown - Gruesome Brown, on brown paint made out of dead Egyptians.
4. Stationery Store Series: Evripidis in Athens, on an Athens suburban stationery shop
5. The Elusive Elias Wolff, on the English pencil manufacturer
6. To mark the paper was a decisive act, on writing in the Orwellian dystopia; Brown as in Brown Pens, on... brown pens; The world of ink and paper of Alexei Karenin, on writing instruments in Tolstoy's epic
7. First manned orbital flight and Yuri Gagarin's pencil, on pencils in space, and The Pink of Pink Pens, on... pink pens
9. To boldly write, on national handwriting, and Rhodia inroads in Rymans, on stocking of the famous notebooks
10. Death of a Wyvern, on the LSE Gaddaffi scandal
It is traditional to do a thank-you giveaway and I do not intend to break with this tradition. So leave a comment below for a chance to win a little bundle of desk supplies which includes a paperweight from Inklinks, a No. 12 Rhodia bloc (black/lined), some pencils and two Sergent-Major nibs. Dominic Althoefer will be asked to perform the draw after his successful debut as Draw-Master. The draw will take place on Monday 28, 6pm UK time.
I will post internationally. Good luck.
I will post internationally. Good luck.
i only have a canadian mailing address. do i still qualify?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the 2-year birthday.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your two years! As I've only just today found your wonderful blog I look forward to catching up and following you for years to come. My company sells writing instruments and over the years I've come to be a bit of an enthusiast myself. It's wonderful to find a place such as yours to see others with a similar interest- I'm disappointed in myself for not seeking it out sooner!
ReplyDeleteYes! Keep it up! Jack/Ohio USA
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the two-year anniversary. Best, and keep on blogging.
ReplyDeleteMay everything be twice as nice for you :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your blog's second anniversary and keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteCongrats and keep up the blogging - breath of fresh air! Thanks for your work
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your second year, and may your third year go much smoother.
ReplyDeleteCONGRATS on P's 2nd year, Lito. To celebrate this happy occasion for Palimpsest, I've announced your "thank-you giveaway" in my inspiredpensite rightside bar.
ReplyDeleteBest, Tel
Congratulations! Here's to two more! :)
ReplyDelete2 years old, still so young and flourishing.
ReplyDeleteHappy blogiversary we look forward to many more
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your second anniversary. May you have many more. I always look forward to reading your posts. Mike
ReplyDeleteHAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! :D
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday. So great to read, visit and re-visit. Kimberleyx
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary :) Here's to many more!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance ^^
Congratulations! :D
ReplyDeleteYour blog has left such an impact that it seems to be much older than two years.
ReplyDeleteHappy anniversary!
Congratulations Palimpsest on your two year anniversary. Keep up the blogging.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on two years. :)
ReplyDeleteHey
ReplyDeleteCongrats on sustaining this blog for two years. Hope you will continue.