Unscrew the cap of the glass bottle of a beautiful black-blue ink. Submerge the barrel of the pen into the neck of the bottle. These days, the fanciest of pens have a plunger mechanism that makes them oh so easy to fill. Sometimes I find it takes me a few tries to get it right. Wipe the pen nib off with the soft, ink-stained linen dish towel scrap I keep in my desk drawer just for these occasions. Find a blank sheet of paper, bear down, wait for the line to flow…
