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Top 5 Safety Tips for Pen Pals

By Midnight Indigo 3 Comments | Last Updated October 28, 2020

Top 5 Safety Tips For Pen Pals

Building a friendship with a pen pal either by email, online messaging or snail mail can be one of the most rewarding things that you can do. There are many reasons that people decide to be pen pals it may be that they want to increase their circle of friends, learn a new language or want to learn more about the everyday way of life in a new culture.

However, before you rush off to find your new pen pal there are several precautions that you should initially take to remain safe. The likelihood of anything bad happening to you by exchanging addresses especially if you can validate the other person’s lives in another country is very low.

But that does not mean that you should throw caution to the wind, here are our top 5 safety tips: [Read more…]

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What is a Pen Pal / Pen Friend?

By Midnight Indigo Leave a Comment | Last Updated October 28, 2020

What is a Pen Pal

You have probably heard the phrase “pen pal” but are now wondering what is a pen pal? should I get a one? where would I find one and if I do what are the benefits? In simple terms pen pals which are sometimes referred to as pen friends are two people who write letters to each other but here is much more to having a pen pal than sending the occasional letter. In this guide, we will show you everything that you need to know so that you can go and find your first pen pal.

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10 Amazing Photos of Dogs Posing With Fountain Pens

By Midnight Indigo Leave a Comment | Last Updated October 28, 2020

Dog with Pink Crab PenHolder Fountain Pen on Nose

I love browsing Reddit and one of my favorite places is /r/fountainpens  which is described by Reddit as “A community for fountain pen enthusiasts, from the novice to the collector.”

It is a great place to browse and you can share news and content or comment on other people’s posts. The latest craze is people posting pictures of their dogs posing with a fountain pen. What’s not to like everyone loves cute and cuddly pets and we are all fountain pen enthusiasts. [Read more…]

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Note Taking Handwriting vs Typing

By Midnight Indigo 1 Comment | Last Updated July 18, 2021

Handwriting vs Typing

Today with the ever-increasing use of technology such as tablets, smartphones, and laptops people are writing a lot less than ever before.  But is it better to handwrite notes or type them on a laptop?

An increasing number of school’s colleges and universities are allowing students to have a laptop in the classroom or during lectures to take notes with.

[Read more…]

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How I Learned to Touch Type in 14 Days for Free

By Midnight Indigo Leave a Comment | Last Updated October 28, 2020

How I Learned to Touch Type

As someone who spends their spare time writing with and blogging about pens, pencils, and other stationery you may be wondering why I have decided to learn to touch type?

The answer is quite simple productivity or the lack of it. Here is my journey of how I learned to touch type for free in only 14 days, yes that’s right I did not pay a dime for the typing programmes and used two that are freely available online.

I did buy new keyboard  but you will have to read on to find out why.

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