Aug 17, 2012

Plimpton’s Attracts Lovers Of Paper and Pen from Around the StateBy Nancy NewmanWestHartford.Patch.com

West Hartford, CT – Those of us who grew up in the pre-Internet age love to tell our children that, despite what they might think, we managed very well with rotary phones, manual typewriters with ribbons, black-and-white televisions without remote controls, adding machines, large green ledgers rather than spreadsheets, and even conventional snail mail.

In fact, for many of us it was a thrill to receive our own personalized stationery so that we could pen letters to family and friends and thank you notes at holiday and birthday time. Some of us were so enamored with writing that we would keep secret journals, for our eyes only, tucked away under a pillow or in a drawer, in which we’d record our most private thoughts.

While the rotary phones and typewriters have been relegated to quaint collector status on eBay, there is still a demand for fine writing paper, journals, and quality pens. Email, tweeting and blogging may be the preferred communication paths of the present generation but, according to Plimpton’s stationery store owner Dan Zuckerman, there are still quite a few people, young and old, who enjoy holding a pen in their hand.

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