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Dole McVeigh
@dolemcveigh.bsky.social
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Partner to a wonderful human, father/ally to two daughters who are my heroines. I read. I write. I collect fountain pens and enjoy the occasional cigar. he/him MG 2/4
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New ink day! Finally purchased a bottle of Endless Alchemy Blue Raven. They make a boring blue black ink, well, alchemy. Blue to blue black with a copper sheen. I couldn’t pass up inking the Esterbrook Estie Raven button filler.

The poem is my version of an old one. Hope you enjoy it.
My spin on the Man from Nantucket limerick written in a Rhodia journal with a blue black color swatch of Endless Alchemy Blue Raven ink. The ink exhibits a copper sheen. An uncapped fountain pen rests on the page just below the text. The poem reads: There once was a man from Nantucket Who sat on his porch and yelled “Suck it!” The kids had their day When they picked from the hay What he stepped in when he said “Fuck it.” Close up of an ink color swatch of Endless Alchemy Blue Raven. The ink is blue, blue black, and copper. Another view of a color swatch with a partial view of the ink bottle resting on a journal with a poem written on the page.
April 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but there is always more truth in fiction than we recognize. I doubt these books will change an ideology once adopted. Cooperation leads to control and further permission. Please buy or borrow from your local library and share.
Book cover of “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. A novel with similarities to current events that explores the growth of fascism and far right ideologies. Book cover of “The Auctioneer” by Joan Samson. A thriller that looks behind the curtain at how quickly fascism can overtake our lives.
March 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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I will check it out. The pens are from Warren Mfg, N Manchester, IN. They are a penny pen and you can’t remove the nib without destroying the pen. I understood them to be Esterbrook nibs.
Warren Mfg penny pen from the turn of the century. Pen is black paper with a company label wrapped around the grip section. Warren Mfg penny pen from the turn of the century. Pen is black paper with a company label wrapped around the grip section. Warren Mfg penny pen from the turn of the century. Pen is black paper with a company label wrapped around the grip section. Warren Mfg penny pen from the turn of the century. Pen is black paper with a company label wrapped around the grip section.
February 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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A cockatiel with a yellow face and a cheeky look walks out of a brown paper shipping envelope.
February 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Agree.
A Nahvalur Nautilus Caldera Sea fountain pen the color of ocean water and sand on a green desktop.
January 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM