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== Field Notes ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' I think that's perfect. Especially we all get crazy. Like we, you know, we recorded a show last week where we were talking about the new field notes and Myke's bought extras and I bought extras. And I was like, you know, we have this mentality. It was like, gotta have it. It's going to be gone. The fear of missing out, the hoarding stuff. But, you know, in fountain pens, I'm actually trying to, to slim down my collection some and, you know, want to keep the pens that I really loved, you know, the ones that there's a story about the ones that are meaningful to me. And, um, I, I think that's the best way to do it. But, you know, we all go through this like acquisition phase of, I need to try everything. What if I like this? What if I don't like this? And things like that. So you eventually find this balance kind of like you found, I think, and kind of like, I know I'm finding now, like, okay, there's a really, actually a pretty small rotation of pens that are my favorites. And, you know, I don't necessarily need all, all of the rest of them. And I think that's a, that's a good way to, to go about this whole thing that we're in. Yeah. So, so one last topic I want to hit up on, um, is because it's, it's kind of near, near to me. And I think it, it kind of relates to you. Um, you know, you have a daughter who, you know, I have two kids and, you know, I love my kids. They're beautiful kids, but you've got the cutest kid on Instagram. I'll just say that right now. Bella is hilarious and she is so photogenic and she loves being out there. And I want to know if she's getting into your pen stash. Like you talked about that before. Like, can she use a fountain pen yet? I want to talk about like what you're thinking, about with like kids and pens. Cause I've tried to like, my kids love like all the fountain pen stuff and all the paper and they just want everything all at once. And I'm like trying to like, you know, teach them how to hold a fountain pen and how to use a fountain pen and how the parts work and how you fill it in. And why we don't want this on the carpet and things like that. So have you, you know, like had any like talks or do you, you know, work with Bella on Shorner, these different pens and paper that we all get to have fun with?

'''Michelle Leung:''' Yeah, she, I think she's only four and a half. So she hasn't quite been introduced to fountain pens yet. I mean, she knows what they are. And actually what she helps me do on a lot of weekends is she, she, she's part of my cleaning ritual, which I think is really cute. And I let her flush the caps. That's great. So she's like leaning over the sink with me, right. With her little step stool. And then one time she said to me, you know, I was holding the nib. She's like, mom, I know that's the important part. Can I clean the important part? And I thought it was so cute, but I was like, ah, maybe when you're a bit older, Bella, you know, the whole pen is actually really important. So just keep flushing the caps, honey.

'''Michelle Leung:''' So it was really funny. She knows that I'm, I'm really into pens. And, uh, she actually has a little collection of retro 51. Which I'm sure Myke likes to hear about. Yeah. I trust her with a retro 51. So she actually really likes retro 51. And actually a few months ago, she drew a little, um, note and card to retro 51. And they sent her back like a mini size version of the tornado. I think they sell it, but I, I forgot the name of the model, but it's, it's pretty much the tornado shrunk down to a mini.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's called the tornado mini.

'''Michelle Leung:''' Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So she has one of those in pink and like, she adores it. Oh my gosh. She likes pink as much as me. Yeah. So I thought that was very sweet of them.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. They're great to work with. So yeah, I'm trying to, I still, to this day, my kids are 10 and eight and still to this day, like, I feel like I kind of have to like watch over them. Like, you know, let's make sure you're using this right or doing this, but I, I really should kind of loosen up a little bit and just kind of let them go. I know Bella's probably a little bit long, young for that. But, but yeah, I think it's, they're fascinated with these things too. And I think it's good to like, you know, get my kids out from in front of the TV or the, the iPad or something. And let, you know, let's write a letter, you know, let's, you know, write a letter to our grandparents or let's, let's do this. Like I'll break out the adult coloring books and just let them go crazy, you know, with like all the colored pencils and doing all that. And they get so much enjoyment out of that. And I think it's, it's good that, you know, they have these experiences with these other pens, kind of like we did when we were young, we were always looking out for the cool stuff that, you know, the other kids didn't have. And it just kind of latched on and, and we ended up on a podcast about pens, which is kind of crazy.

'''Michelle Leung:''' It's very important. Yeah. It's important to strike a balance for sure. I mean, my kid, you know, as much as any other kid is, is definitely can, can loves, loves the iPad, loves the screens and Netflix and YouTube, but I definitely put a limit on that. And she needs to appreciate and enjoy kind of these analog tools to, to get that side of the brain working as well. Right. So I tried to achieve balance in my household and she, she loves pens and stationary. And we, we definitely have a lot of fun with that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Well, well that sounds perfect. And I think this was a perfect episode, Myke, Michelle, you're, you're a natural at this. You're a superstar. And I'm so, so glad we had you on today. And I really appreciate you taking the time out of your day to, to join us on the podcast. Thank you so much.

'''Michelle Leung:''' No problem. Thank you for having me. I had a, I had a lot of fun.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Good. Michelle, where can people find you online? What's the best places to go?

'''Michelle Leung:''' Probably on, on Instagram. So as Brad said, I'm probably most active there. I'm, I'm pretty much on all these social networks. You know, I had to pretty much learn and get on it for my job. Like I said, I do, I do PR and marketing, but on Instagram is probably the best way to reach, me. My username is Mishy. So it's just my childhood nickname from Michelle. And then Chow just stuck. It's my maiden name, C-H-A-U. So M-I-S-H-I-E C-H-A-U on Instagram. And I'd be glad to talk to you guys. If you have any questions or want to know how to get here for Toronto, I have lots of tips.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Nice. Yeah. We need to work on that, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, no doubt. How, how can people find out more about the Toronto show as well?

'''Michelle Leung:''' We have a website, a triple, triple W dot script is Toronto.com. And you can find all the information there. And like I said, if you have any specific questions, if you're traveling from out of town, not from Toronto, I can definitely help you out. The pen show is actually at my workplace. So I know it very well. I work at the Toronto reference library. We're right downtown. It's been held there for several years now. And there's a hotel, like tons of hotels just to right around the corner. So if you need any tips, just hit me up.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Awesome. Right. And that about wraps up this week's episode. Thanks again to our lovely sponsors for this week, the fine folk over at Harry's and Pen Chalet. If you want to find Brad online, he is at penaddict.com and knock.co. He is at dowdyism on Twitter, D O W D Y I S M. And he is a penaddict on Instagram. I am at I Myke, I M Y K E. And you can find some work from me as well over at youtube.com slash Myke Hurley. We'll be back next time until then say goodbye, everybody. Goodbye.

'''Michelle Leung:''' Thanks.

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