Agnes by Tony Cochran for September 20, 2024

ah … that smell … yes, i remember that from school days (one of the few things that made me cope with school)

The only thing mechanical pencils lack.

I always liked the smell of the ditto papers when the teacher passed them around to the class, that and the white glue. I don’t remember the smell of pencils very much.

Never leave a paper trail.

I always liked the taste of the chewed pencil and the utterly delicious library paste!

freshly sharpened pencils and the mimeograph machine paper test