Chris Seggerman
@chrisseggerman.bsky.social
He/Him. Kept man in Vermont, late of Arizona. Sometime writer; calligrapher; fountain pen enthusiast.
They came! And they'll be ready when this is done in... 6? hours?
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
They came! And they'll be ready when this is done in... 6? hours?
Snow day. Hoping the Souper Cube stuff we ordered on Black Friday arrives because Past Me bought too much ground beef and I am making a triple batch of meat sauce with it, with pancetta and red wine. That will become frozen lasagna.
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Snow day. Hoping the Souper Cube stuff we ordered on Black Friday arrives because Past Me bought too much ground beef and I am making a triple batch of meat sauce with it, with pancetta and red wine. That will become frozen lasagna.
Got the cobbler done just to get it out of the way. I had some random variables with the smoker and the grill is occupied.
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Got the cobbler done just to get it out of the way. I had some random variables with the smoker and the grill is occupied.
Got the bread done for tomorrow. It will keep.
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Got the bread done for tomorrow. It will keep.
I think he made an observation like that. Maybe "Whoops, I'm not him!"
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I think he made an observation like that. Maybe "Whoops, I'm not him!"
In Star Trek II, after Khan controls Chekhov and Terrell but before he leaves them on Regula I, there's a scene where he uses Chekhov to talk to Carol Marcus. Terrell is also on the bridge, brain worm growing, pressure on his cerebral cortex, extremely susceptible to suggestion. This came to mind.
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
In Star Trek II, after Khan controls Chekhov and Terrell but before he leaves them on Regula I, there's a scene where he uses Chekhov to talk to Carol Marcus. Terrell is also on the bridge, brain worm growing, pressure on his cerebral cortex, extremely susceptible to suggestion. This came to mind.
Got thr notebook I've been working on close to final color. I will probably give it another coat of Tan-Kote, and then cut and burnish the edges. It's going to be like a Traveler's Notebook with the time frame I'm on. #leathercraft #stationery
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Got thr notebook I've been working on close to final color. I will probably give it another coat of Tan-Kote, and then cut and burnish the edges. It's going to be like a Traveler's Notebook with the time frame I'm on. #leathercraft #stationery
Thanks. Naturally I see every flaw. This is very incomplete: most of those spaces will be filled in.
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Thanks. Naturally I see every flaw. This is very incomplete: most of those spaces will be filled in.
Working on a sketchbook cover for a friend's wife. My tooling stamina is not what it was. Not looking forward to beveling those long panel lines. Focusing on flowers, then everything else. #leathercraft #Stationery #notebook
October 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Working on a sketchbook cover for a friend's wife. My tooling stamina is not what it was. Not looking forward to beveling those long panel lines. Focusing on flowers, then everything else. #leathercraft #Stationery #notebook
With the breadth and depth of your writing you could go bigger!
September 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
With the breadth and depth of your writing you could go bigger!
Also at from this angle his legs just look unnatural and twisted.
September 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Also at from this angle his legs just look unnatural and twisted.
I can't take credit. I had my wife order it since I thought "I need to improve my side storage so the pile doesn't fall" and looked it up. She runs the IKEA account and says "It just came with it." It is an upgrade!
September 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I can't take credit. I had my wife order it since I thought "I need to improve my side storage so the pile doesn't fall" and looked it up. She runs the IKEA account and says "It just came with it." It is an upgrade!
For a bit I had a little table/stool next to my desk and my working books and notebooks would stack there. Got this RÅSKOG cart from IKEA to make my stationery more manageable. Fountain pens live in or on the desk.
September 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For a bit I had a little table/stool next to my desk and my working books and notebooks would stack there. Got this RÅSKOG cart from IKEA to make my stationery more manageable. Fountain pens live in or on the desk.
As soon as I learned it was a ligature for "et" I started making them this way and never stopped.
September 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
As soon as I learned it was a ligature for "et" I started making them this way and never stopped.
Probably this one. Huge old favorite I just resacked, with Diamine Writer's Blood. It was always a bit beat up and worn, but has good color and nib. I fixed the broken body somewhat, inexpertly, after dropping it more than 10 years ago. 95 years old. It will even do tiny calligraphy.
September 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Probably this one. Huge old favorite I just resacked, with Diamine Writer's Blood. It was always a bit beat up and worn, but has good color and nib. I fixed the broken body somewhat, inexpertly, after dropping it more than 10 years ago. 95 years old. It will even do tiny calligraphy.
Got a rotisserie attachment for my grill-- which was at the house when we bought it-- for my birthday last month. Had a small learning curve but I think I'm getting this shawarma down.
September 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Got a rotisserie attachment for my grill-- which was at the house when we bought it-- for my birthday last month. Had a small learning curve but I think I'm getting this shawarma down.
Many often live in my desk since I keep too many inked. I like a glass flower frog to keep them upright. I take that one with me, traveling. For the thicker ones, a ceramic yogurt pot. I also have an old dip pen double inkwell.
August 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Many often live in my desk since I keep too many inked. I like a glass flower frog to keep them upright. I take that one with me, traveling. For the thicker ones, a ceramic yogurt pot. I also have an old dip pen double inkwell.
Or wrap it around a tree or post after heating. I find this memorial acceptable.
August 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Or wrap it around a tree or post after heating. I find this memorial acceptable.
Second batch of straciatella-style chocolate chip. The first time I used Stella Parks' recipe on Serious Eats, which had milk, cream, sugar, but also corn starch simmered in the milk. Like some reviewers I found it too sweet. 1/
August 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Second batch of straciatella-style chocolate chip. The first time I used Stella Parks' recipe on Serious Eats, which had milk, cream, sugar, but also corn starch simmered in the milk. Like some reviewers I found it too sweet. 1/
To fix this, you have to take a little clear widget that holds the feed in, and acts to pop open Pilot cartridges. It has two equidistant slots on it. I have seen people 3D print a wrench, but I made one using a spare cartridge and hobby blade. The plastic is soft. 3/
August 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
To fix this, you have to take a little clear widget that holds the feed in, and acts to pop open Pilot cartridges. It has two equidistant slots on it. I have seen people 3D print a wrench, but I made one using a spare cartridge and hobby blade. The plastic is soft. 3/
Since I now have fixed two Japanese #fountainpens with inlaid nibs (Pilot Custom Black Stripe; similar Sailor) I figured I could try the original that tasked me, a Korean Pilot Scholar. It was always weird NOS that leaked around the back of the nib. This style has this problem. 1/
August 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Since I now have fixed two Japanese #fountainpens with inlaid nibs (Pilot Custom Black Stripe; similar Sailor) I figured I could try the original that tasked me, a Korean Pilot Scholar. It was always weird NOS that leaked around the back of the nib. This style has this problem. 1/
I spent nearly a week there and on Friday I hit a good stationery store, pizza place, Central Park, witnessed Manhattanhenge, then went out to Coney Island and saw fireworks from the Wonder Wheel and walked on rhe beach. Stayed past Midnight. No time to be afraid amidst dense experience.
July 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I spent nearly a week there and on Friday I hit a good stationery store, pizza place, Central Park, witnessed Manhattanhenge, then went out to Coney Island and saw fireworks from the Wonder Wheel and walked on rhe beach. Stayed past Midnight. No time to be afraid amidst dense experience.
New fountain pens for me yesterday was a little retro, because these are vintage technical pens and older than the Rapidographs I used to get in high school. One of the great joys of combing affluence's detritus is picking these up for about $10 plus shipping.
July 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
New fountain pens for me yesterday was a little retro, because these are vintage technical pens and older than the Rapidographs I used to get in high school. One of the great joys of combing affluence's detritus is picking these up for about $10 plus shipping.
Fireworks on the beach at Coney Island last night or very early this morning.
July 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Fireworks on the beach at Coney Island last night or very early this morning.
People have described mine as grimoires but they're just covers. I can see the binding work on yours.
June 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
People have described mine as grimoires but they're just covers. I can see the binding work on yours.