Misfill, Cookie Monster Edition

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Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

Read:

— The Cookie Monster of Pens (A Gathering of Curiosities)

— Let’s take more roller coasters this year (Penguins Post)

— 25 Memorable Inks in 2025 (Olive Octopus)

— Van Dieman’s Apple Cider (Inkcredible Colours)

— After an Earthquake, Preserving a Slow Craft in a Fast World (The New York Times)

— 2026 Nolty Gold Planner Differences (Notebook Stories)

— My Planner: A Comforting Lack of Change (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Stanford Pen Studio The Royal Tribute (Rachel’s Reflections)

— Ink Review #2899: De Atramentis Saddle Brown (Mountain of Ink)

Watch:

— Episode 1 of On The Paper Trail: Setting Up Our 2026 Notebooks, Is Live! (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Top 10 Underrated Pens (Figboot on Pens)

— Thursday Night Stream: Talking Mechanical Pencils, Spoke Axle Fountain Pen, Podcast Preview and More (dwrdnet)

— Painting with Fountain Pen Inks in Musubi Notebooks 🖋️ (From Carola)

— A Solo Trip to Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵 (Abbey Sy)

— 2025 Sterling Ink Common Planner Completed Flipthrough (Unprinted by Jackie)

— Picking and Buying Planners Doesn't Have to be a Battle | Is Planner Peace Real? (plannerzoid)

— Drillog Dip Pen Review 4K (Blake’s Broadcast)

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Posted on January 18, 2026 and filed under Misfill.