With back-to-school season in full swing, I keep getting lost in the aisles of school supplies. Then again, who am I kidding? I'm pretty sure I do that on any old day. Whenever I open up a new pack of ...

Always wondered how to make a homemade quill pen and ink? Learn how to make quill ink from beets and a quill pen from a single feather in this comprehensive tutorial. Quill pens have been used as ...

PELLSTON, MICH. -- Of the many tools used in the fight to bring Great Lakes piping plovers back from the threat of extinction, the common household feather duster might be the most unexpected — and ...

Reed and feather pens started to vanish in 1828 when John Mitchell, from Birmingham, made the first machine-made steel pen point for dip pens. But dipping the pen in ink frequently was a pain, and it ...