I wanted to go for a walk yesterday. I had been sitting in one...

I wanted to go for a walk yesterday. I had been sitting in one place for too long. I usually like to have a destination when I walk. I don’t know why. But yesterday I walked up University Place and, it seemed, almost on a whim, turned left into 12th Street. I found myself outside University Stationery at 28 East 12th Street. I hadn’t been there for years. I was so happy to see this small store. It has one of the best collections of all sorts of pens. And notebooks. It doesn’t matter how many pens and notebooks I buy, I’m still thrilled by each purchase. I bought four pens and a Rhodia notebook with 80 beautiful, white, blank pages.