The Erasable Podcast

Tonight, we are talking about the morning — morning pages, to be precise. We take a deep dive into Julia Cameron’s prescription for an enhanced creative life and talk about our own experiences with this practice.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonJulie CameronThe Artist’s WayKimiThe Ministry for the FutureHow to Do NothingThe Art and Craft of Handmade BooksAround the World in 80 DaysStephen Dunn’s WhereasThe AlchemistReacherBIG THIEF BIG WARM MOUNTAIN I BELIEVE IN YOUBlackwing Labs 2.22.22The Miracle of Morning PagesThe War of ArtJulia Cameron in The New York Times“This column will change your life: Morning Pages” in The GuardianYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

We’re well into 2022, so we would be remiss if we didn’t talk about planners! We discuss how we keep track of appointment and to-dos, and whether or not we can avoid digital calendars (answer: no). Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonAll Creatures Great and SmallThe Book of Boba FettVienna BloodPower of the DogJason Bourne filmsRetro51 “Susan”Somebody, SomewhereA Lush and Seething HellPencil Revolution SubscriptionsThe Pen Post SubscriptionsPencil Revolution #25Your HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

It’s been a few weeks since you heard our voices, but we’re back for a fun new year of pencil podcasting! We go through some fresh points, like Johnny’s bookbinding supplies, Andy’s new desk, and Tim’s Try-Rex. Thanks for all of your support through 2021!Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonThe MissingAll Creatures Great and SmallHarlem ShuffleWrite Notepads Dot BooksEscape to the ChateauDon’t Look UpThe EveryProject Hail MaryThe Tender BarBig ThiefTry-RexEmilio Braga booksLetterpress + Pencil Revolution Zine2021 Wordy AwardsJarvis Standing DeskMakers Cabinet FerruleKabamaru | Hajime OkamotoDremel 4300Plumbago MagazineYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Tonight, our good friend (and RSVP co-host) Less Harper joins us for a chat about bookbinding, the craft that she and Johnny practice to produce unique creations to hold our thoughts and sketches. We also talk about the new Field Notes, several new releases from Blackwing, and So Much More™.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonComfortable Shoe StudioRSVP PodcastPencil Revolution PressLuciferGet BackCall Us What We CarryMiracle and WonderThe Midnight LibraryThe Mandalorian Radio HeadspaceMusgrave Standard Writing NotebookField Notes “Ignition”Blackwing Vol 93DAS BookbindingSea LemonHandmade Books Made EasyAlisa GoldenEster K. SmithKeith A. SmithOur GuestLess Harper Comfortable Shoes Studio RSVP Stationery Podcast @OriginalLCHarper on Twitter and InstagramYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

This week, we’re looking back on 2021 and talking about what we’re most thankful for — both within the stationery community, and beyond. Plus, we take a look at some of the newest Blackwing X collabs, a few of the new Musgrave stuff, and a discussion around Wes Anderson’s new movie, which might be peak Wes Andserson.Show Notes & LinksErasable PatreonThe French DispatchThe SearcherThe War on Drugs I Don’t Live Here AnymorePoems of GratitudeThe Long CallDopesickThe Next Thing You EatAxiom’s EndBiden and “I, Pencil” Blackwing x Preservation HallBlackwing Composition BookRhodia Composition Books at Gentleman StationerPencil Revolution Press StationeryMusgrave NotebookMusgrave Factory SecondsDraplin x Freewaters SlippersCanon Pixma G6020Your HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

It’s the annual EraNaNoWriMoSHOW! Join Andy, Johnny, Tim and special guest Jemellia for a discussion of NaNo’s past, present, and future.

Okay, not really! But for tonight it’s just Johnny and Andy, talking about just the Fresh Points. We have some new Field Notes, new Blackwings, a new Squire, and other cool things, including one (or two) last orders from our friends at CW Pencil Enterprise.Show Notes & Links:Erasable PatreonWoodclinched on EtsyPencil Revolution on EtsyField Notes HarvestBlackwing 651Ted LassoNo Time to DieIn Praise of WalkingThe IckabogUnforgottenCW Pencils | Commemorative CWPE Advertising PencilCW Pencils | 2021 Shop Sticker by Meredith MiotkeCW Pencils | Grand Finale Emilio Braga A5 notebookCW Pencils | Natural Baseball Scoring PencilYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

This week, Tim throws us a curveball. Last week, he asked us what our least favorite pencils are, and then he told us that we should only use that pencil for a couple weeks. In this episode, we discuss our experiences. Plus: a set of bummer fresh points, from a friend who lost his stash in a flood, to our favorite pencil store closing.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonGoFundMe for Harry MarksOn Closing | CW Pencil Enterprise blogDungeons and DaddiesTelegraph AvenueThe DefeatedMost Unwanted ZineThe Magic of WalkingLulaRichZine Reviews in Broken Pencil Magazine: Depression and OCDTarget Up&Up PencilBic Xtra FunTombow 2558Your HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem(Download)

Paper is paper, right? Well, only if you think that pencils are pencils. In this week’s episode, your hosts talk about Unicorn Paper — that special formulation that works well with both pencils and fountain pens. Plus: we discuss our LEAST favorite pencil, and Tim makes us write with them all week to discuss in our next episode.Show Notes & LinksErasable PatreonBullet Journal 2.0The People of PaperSchmigadoonOnly Murders in the BuildingMable John Franny and ZooeyMusgrave Tennessee Round Musgrave GreenbeltPencil Revolution #20Plotter systemSouthworth “Fine Paper” -- 25% cotton, 24lb (wove finish)Southworth “Fine Paper” -- 100% cotton, 24lb (wove finish)Southworth Parchment, 24lb (ivory)HP Premium, 32lbWrite Notepads Leuchtturm 1917Rhoda GoalbookRhodia WebnotebookBaron Fig ConfidantMaruman classic spiralYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

This week, we are down one pencil podcaster and up one pen superpodcaster. Brad Dowdy of the Pen Addict joins us to tie up our trio while Andy is away for the week. ZINES! Ever since Ed Kemp launched Pencil of the Week a few years ago and, especially, since he was a guest on this podcast’s Episode 150, zines have been blowing up among stationery content creators and consumers. In this episode, Brad, Tim and Johnny chat about the connection between zines and stationery and the role that these self-published gems play in the larger stationery community.

Join us for a chat about the pencils that we each used during elementary school. With a 9 year age gap between our hosts, coming during the crucial years of a trade agreement with China and the onset of the shrinking of the American pencil industry, we’re sure to have a variety of pencils to talk about! Plus: Olympics, new Field Notes, and many, many green ink samples.Show Notes & LinksErasable PatreonThe Whole Love (Wilco)Day TripperUnderlandThe Night ManagerThe TunnelChanging PlaneField Notes: TrailheadBlackwing Lab .7.29.21Pencil Revolution #19The Pen Post #1J. Herbin “Lierre Sauvage” PlaydatePapermate SharpwriterYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Well, we inadvertently took a summer break so after a month off, we’re back to talk through our collected Fresh Points: from the new Blackwing 64 to an update from Tim about how it’s going with his new electric sharpener.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonThe Nickel BoysThings Fall Apart GrantchesterKevin can F HimselfKillers of the Flower MoonMausThe Wood BrothersAlone404 Magazine #3Pencil Revolution #18Blackwing X Timeless MugSan Francisco Pen Show Pencil SeminarIranian Pencil StoreJessica DrenkBlackwing 64Your HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Do you write in your books? Tonight, our special guest Caitlin Elgin joins us to talk about marginalia — why you might want to write them, and how you might want to write them. In fact, one of use does not write in his books, and maybe we can convince him to start. Or not.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonWoodclinched on EtsyPencil Revolution on EtsyI’ll Be Gone in the DarkJCS Criminal Psychology - The Wrath of JodiThe Moss and Green / Corner Shop (High Tide)Online shop Pentel PulamanMad at the WorldTed LassoTrack Changes: A literary history of word processingThe Electric PencilHalston UnforgivenThe marginal obsession with marginalia | The New YorkerOur GuestCaitlin Elgin @cait.elgin on InstagramYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Tonight, we’re celebrating Field Notes’s fiftieth Colors edition — uh, Fifty — with a pocket notebook retrospective: How did we first encounter Field Notes? What’s our favorite editions for aesthetics? Color? Writing experience? Plus: an amazing new sampler pack from Musgrave.Show Notes & LinksErasable PatreonField Notes: FiftyList of Field Notes Limited EditionsName of the WindSteal Like an Artist1973 Grateful Dead (Dick’s Picks Vol. 14)Keep GoingThoreau, A Life of the MindHacksThe EffortThe Musgrave sampler 404 #3Pencil Revolution #17Fountain Pen accessory Kit from JetpensYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem

Today we’re keeping it simple with just a Fresh Points episode, covering everything from Blackwing’s rerelease of a pencil they’re still selling, Bob Dylan’s pocket notebooks, pencil t-shirts, and a bevy of recommendations for what Andy should pick up after he finishes his current notebook.Show Notes and LinksErasable PatreonSteal Like an ArtistShow Your WorkWorld of WondersMare of EasttownShrill Season 3Rutherford FallsThe Effort (novel)YellowstoneRon Rash: New and Selected PoemsBrood X notebooksThe Comfort of a PencilHow to Break in a SharpieBlackwing PalominoPeriwinkle ConfidantsDeploy ConfidantBrand Name Pencils EtsyiQuinix keyboardBob Dylan’s pocket notebooksYour HostsJohnny  Gamber Pencil Revolution @pencilutionAndy Welfle Woodclinched @awelfleTim Wasem @TimWasem