Today is the one-month anniversary of my return to work! I know, February is a short month. But it counts! It is a bona fide month on the calendar.

Speaking of calendars, today I turned the page to March on my wall calendar from the Fountain Pen Hospital. The FPH is a shop in Manhattan. I've sent several fountain pens there for repair over the years, and bought a new pen this year. Last summer, Patty and I spent a few nights in Manhattan and I made her come with me to see the actual shop. It was like arriving at fountain pen Mecca! I bought two bottles of ink.

Anyway, my fountain pen wall calendar features one gorgeous pen each month, in luscious full color with an alluringly beautiful background. That's how weird I am (as if you didn't already know): Other guys have girlie pin-up calendars. I have a "pen-up" calendar ...