Come and show me the magic

( This covers only part of Wednesday because I managed to cover buying two pies in only 800 words and still left out a lot of the texture that made it so fun. I don't know how these things happen. )

Trivia: The first ballpoint pens, sold in the United States in 1945, cost about $12.50 each. Source: The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance, Henry Petroski.

Currently Reading: Isaac Asimov Presents The Best Science Fiction of The 19th Century, Editors Isaac Asimov, Martin H Greenberg, Charles G Waugh.