Another Triumph For Blogging

In 2021, my Canadian friend Peter Rukavina sent me a sample of his letterpress printing work that also acted as the official membership card of The Pen & Pencil Club of Prince Edward Island where he lives. These virtual fountain pen chats during COVID had me stay up very late but it was all worth it. I met Peter through other blogger friends present in another weird random Zoom call I jumped into on a whim that turned out to be first Dutch Obsidian knowledge sharing meetup. Virtual friends of friends are obviously also my virtual friends. In other words, it was a true Triumph For Blogging! Since then, almost five years have passed, but in true blogging fashion, we’ve kept up with each other’s lives through RSS and email. When Peter blogged that he was coming to Belgium—to Liège to be exact, which is only half an hour from where we live—it’s as if the blogging gods decided it was time we finally met in person. So we did: Peter & I in Bistro Mentin in Liège. I can’t possibly express in…