PEN STORIES

Summertime in the Sun

It is summertime! Dragon boat festival day is the symbol of summer starting. In Taiwan, we will make bouquets with three aromatic herbs: sweet flag, silvery wormwood, and banyan leaf. Then we hang...

SAY "I LOVE YOU"

Today is May 20th. 520 is a homophonic pun pronounced like “I love you” in Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien, a language spoken by Taiwanese and oversea Taiwanese communities. I love you / 我愛你 / Guá...

May Joy in the Flame

What do you think about scarlet maple? Sweet maple syrup, or the magnificent fire-red maple forest in Autumn? We are inspired by maple fruit “samaras” and their exciting message. Red maple is one ...

Look! New nib for 325 Fountain Pens

The Laban 325 fountain pen will be assembled with a new nib look from now on🌱 What is the essence of daily stationery? Laban believes that “a pen is close to the palm of the writer”. And when ...

Rosa Spring in April

April for Aphrodite  The word “April”, if we track its roots, can be found in the ancient Roman Calendar. “Aprilis” was the second of ten months, which related to the Latin word “aperit”, meaning ...

Wisteria symbolizes immortality

Have you ever heard “Nirvana”? Spring is a special season in Asia. Three days before and after the spring equinox, called “Spring Higan”, is a Buddhist holiday at the end of March. Higan means “The...

We stand with Ukraine

“You should put sunflower seeds in your pockets so that they will grow on Ukrainian land after you die!” The woman confronted a heavily armed Russian soldier on the devastated street.  When Russia ...

The Rite of Spring and Rosa

Beautiful spring day It is a quiet morning in the sunshine, little lives make all kinds of noises, seeds sprouts, and animals leave their hole cautiously…Young girls dance the Khorovod, the "Sprin...

Sweet Floras for the Valentine’s day

Have you heard “couple face”? A Couple might grow to look more alike over time. Scientists said that people gravitate toward those who bear a resemblance to them, which is, more familiar. It could...

Lake reflection for the enkindled spring

I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration Of green fires lit on the soil of the earth, this blaze Of growing, and sparks that puff in wild gyration... - The Enkindled Spring by D.H. Lawrence ...