I really must lament the fact that Winnipeg doesn’t have anyplace to buy a decent pen. In Vancouver, this must represent mecca for pen-o-philes. A visit here was followed up with one to Paper~Ya on Granville Island, where I was pleased to find some Field Notes brand notebooks — yet another thing that can’t be found in Winnipeg. Add in some Montblanc blue-black ink to go with my new Lamy Safari fountain pen with extra-fine nib, and I’m set. For a little while, at least.