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[becca_maru]

I found this fun web page: instructions on how to make a quill pen.

My favorite part is the recipe for ink at the bottom, courtesy of Jane Austen's sister-in-law:

Take 4 ozs of blue gauls [gallic acid, made from oak apples], 2 ozs of green copperas [iron sulphate], 1 1/2 ozs of gum arabic. Break the gauls. The gum and copperas must be beaten

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[aldirmazlik]

course you need to add "which do you feel you would use more?" :)

[becca_maru]

Hmm. Good question.

Maybe I would spend more time writing if I only had a set of quill pens, because I wouldn't have all the extraneous crap that comes with a PC, such as livejournal. And while I would be subject to writer's cramp, that is only a temporary problem with an easy solution, unlike carpal tunnel.

Obviously, I want a quill pen.

*nudge* *nudge* *poke* *poke*

[babayada]

Hey, you. You've never been over for a movie night.

If you feel so inclined, come on over this weekend. Saturday at 9pm.

I'll post up directions if you want.

[txncmel]

psst! looks like you haven't posted for a while, but hopefully you'll get this. I'm in town. wanna hang out? I'm here till tuesday morning

[becca_maru]

Yes! I just called and left you a message. :)