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Teaching Kids Leadership
- Problem Solving Checklist
- Adjusting Leader Style to Personality Types
- Plan Do Check Adjust (PDCA)
- So what can adults do to help kids learn leadership?
- A rose by any other name is still a rose
- Natural Consequences Versus Coaching and Correcting
- Help Kids Develop Improved People Skills
- Five Year Old Laments 'My sister is making me mad!'
- Socratic question-based discussions
- Have the child report on what they saw that day'
- Great question for the adults trying to teach kids
- Teach Kids How to Deal With Stress Well
- Teach Kids the Pareto Principle, the 80/20 Principle
- Maslov Pyramid Perspective on Kids
- Reading Partner Questions
- Watching Examples and Discussing with the Youth to Help Them Process What They Saw
- Trust is crucial to leadership
- Teenage Decision Making
- Character Development - What is character anyway so kids can develop it?
- Defining Leadership
- Blog Vocabulary Not at Child's Level
- Encouragement for the Single Parent
- Giving children opportunities to lead
- Habits of Mind from Project 2061
- Horizontal Leadership-There are more chances to practice this type for children
- How young is too young to start?
- Introduction for those new to leadership
- Producer or Consumer of Leadership?
- Scouts provides opportunities to practice leadership
- Set High Expectations
- So why should anyone take on the challenge of leadership?
- The Beginning of My Journey of Discovery
- The Paradox of Service to Others
- The Well Trained Mind
- Vertical Leadership is not where kids typically start out
- What about cultural differences?
- What can children pick up about leadership anyway?
- What is age-appropriate for teaching kids leadership?
- What is the Payoff for the Hard Work of Leadership?
- What lessons did I learn trying to develop leadership in my own children (so far)?
- Who cares about leadership?
- Character Development - How do we grow strong character and help children do the same?
- How do we measure our current character?
- Character Development - Fairness as a Character Trait
- Children Can Learn Leadership
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Blog
- Gallons of Ink
- Got Yubikey Setup
- Experimenting with Ink Containers for Travel
- Cigar Case Pen Protector
- More Ink Mixing for Refill Bottles
- MacOS Sandboxing can Impact Reuse
- Python Programming
- Primary
- How to Make Family History Website and Book with Same Data
- Further Adventures Making DIY Fountain Pen Ink
- Cursive Writing
- Have Pens. Now I Need Paper
- eBook Conversion
- My Copper Metal Pen Arrived
- Do It Yourself (DIY) Mixing Fountain Pen Inks
- Microlearning
- Emergency Preparedness with Mobile Devices
- The Nature of Lisp and Writing with Pollen
- Fountain Pens
- Learning Simulation
- I Wish Familysearch.org Exported Data
- Raising Chickens in Florida
- Climbing the Learning Curve
- Gardening
- Dont Give Up
- The One Thing
- Opportunity Management
- Quote About Questions
- Mindset - Be sure you encourage kids toward 'growth' not 'born talent' with its fixed limits
- Demonstrating Respect and Choice versus Force and Coercion
- Behavioral Styles
- Applying Precepts
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Family History
- Author's Contact Information
- Conventions Used
- Family History
- Family History Frontmatter
- Family History Introduction
- Historical Timeline
- Note to Future Family History Maintainers
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Our Lanham Paternal Lineage
- Josias Lanham Family 1628 (Not our direct line)
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Curtis Harden Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Hiram D. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the John Lanham (1661) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Jonathon Lanham (1630) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the O.S. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Robert Lanham (1560) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Sylvester Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the T.B. Lanham Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Thomas Lanham (1701) Generation
- Other Siblings and Cousins in the Thomas Lanham (1757) Generation
- Our Lanham Line - The Paternal Lineage
- The Amanda Francis Lanham Family
- The Andrew Shepherd Family
- The Archibald Lanham Family 1751
- The Benjamin Garfield Lanham Family
- The Burress and Ida Roberts Family
- The Calvin Powell Dorsey Family
- The Charles Selby Family 1762
- The Clifford Wayne Lanham Family
- The Curtis Harden Lanham Family 1813
- The Curtis Harden Lanham Family 1875
- The David Lanham Family 1595
- The Edward James Holt Family
- The Edward Lanham Family 1685
- The Elmer Harn Family
- The Emmitt F. Welborn Family
- The Eugene WILLIAMS Family 1855
- The Frank Robinson Family
- The Gideon Wilburn Ashley Family
- The Hiram Demarcus Lanham Family 1845
- The Issac Elam Family 1803
- The Jacob Shepherd Family 1812
- The James Bedford Ray Family (Cliffie M. Lanham)
- The James Kennedy Family
- The Jasper Shipman Family
- The Jeremiah Lanham Family 1755
- The Jesse Elam Family 1782
- The Joe A. Madden Family
- The John Hendrickson Corely Family
- The John James Roberts Family
- The John Lanham Family 1661
- The John Lanham Family 1690
- The John Nicholas Jacks Family 1740
- The John T. Scott Family
- The Jonathan Hammer Cook Family
- The Jonathan Lanham Family 1630
- The Josias Lanham Family 1590
- The Oran Stroud Lanham Family 1916
- The R.J. Craighead Family 1907
- The R.J. Craighead Family 1907
- The Richard Lanham Family 1697
- The Robert Lanham Family 1584
- The Roger Lanham Family 1560
- The Stephen Lanham (1726) Family
- The Stephen Lanham Family 1760
- The Stephen Lanham Family 1784
- The Sylvester Lanham Family 1790
- The Thomas Benton Lanham Family
- The Thomas Berry (T. B.) Lanham Family 1882
- The Thomas Lanham (1757) Family
- The Thomas Lanham Family 1700 or 1701
- The Thomas Sisk Family 1858
- The W.T. Lanham Family 1850
- The Walter Lee Ray Family
- The William Curtis Lanham Family
- The William Lanham Family 1699
- The Willie Green Scott Family
- The Wortha Leon Lanham Family 1907
- Reference Materials
- Rockwall Cemetery Listing, Rockwall, Texas
- The 2006 Journey to Find Thomas Lanham's Grave Site
- The Lanham family of Wortham (Research Details)
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The Maternal Side of Our Family Lines
- The A. Sion Wheeles Family
- The Aaron Jones Family
- The Abednego Chandler Family 1752
- The Adrian Alford Colbath Family 1893
- The Alex L. Baker Family
- The Alford Nolen Jones Family
- The Andrew Jackson (Jack) Kitchens Family
- The Beall Family
- The Benjamin Colbath Family 1758
- The Chisel True Baker Family
- The Daniel Horne Blackmore Family
- The David Amick Family
- The George Henry Slattery Family
- The J. E. Sisk Family
- The James McHale Family
- The John C. Colbath Family 1820
- The John Chandler Family
- The John Jones Family
- The John Lacey Family (bef 1778)
- The John Patrick Carmody Family
- The John Sappington Family 1723
- The Larkin (Lark) Patrick Williams Family
- The Lazarus Rufus Jones Family
- The Leah Unknown Family
- The Luther Jason Head Family
- The Luther Troup Baker Family
- The Mason Jones Family
- The Michael Gonzales Family
- The Michael Yost Family
- The Patrick Joseph Merrick Family
- The Patrick Merrick Family 1883
- The Patrick Williams Family
- The Perry Rufus Jones Family
- The Peter Logan Yost Family
- The Quirke Family
- The Richard Head Family 1802
- The Richard Merrick Family
- The Robert Chandler Family 1687
- The Stephen Grey Family 1894
- The Thomas Edmonson Head Family
- The Thomas Lacey Family 1808
- The Thomas Winthrop Colbath Family 1851
- The William Estes Family 1785
- The William J. Roberts Family
- The William Milton Jacks Family
- The William Patrick Williams Family
- The Willis Ashley Family
- The Winthrop Colbath Family 1786
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Do It Yourself (DIY) Mixing Fountain Pen Inks
After ruling out blueberry juice fountain pen ink (unless we’re in dire conditions), I decided to try easier available options.
I thought it would be fun to experiment with ink jet printer refills to see what I could get for fountain pens.
I wasn’t sure if these experiments would damage the fountain pen, given some of the misgivings of others about this idea online. But they did not backup their concerns with data. I wanted data. And, I did not want to ruin my TWSBI Eco fountain pen $31, which has been the best fountain pen I have ever tried (for me). So I thought that with a few non-recurring costs for a couple of cheap pens, I could test this with minimal risk to my nicer fountain pens. So I bought a few "test" pens to try this experiment with.
Experiments
I recorded my experiments. I even used a fountain pen friendly paper scratch pad from Rhodia to ensure the bleed, if any, was not from the paper but from the ink.
I ordered Aomya Refill Ink Kit for $9.99 USD.
It came with four 100 ml bottles of black, cyan, magenta and yellow. That is 40 ml of ink per $1. This is a bit cheaper than typical fountain pen ink, so I thought it worth trying in this experiment.
I looked on line, but could find no ready description of mixing such inks to get the color combination I wanted, so I set up an experiment.
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Dark Blue Experiment: 8 ml of magenta and 8 ml of cyan produced a bottle full of this slightly purple blue ink. The result on the image below was from mixing half and half in the pen’s ink converter with a syringe for each color (that came with the kit of refill ink!).
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Lighter Blue Experiment : 25% magenta and 75% cyan gave a lighter blue than the 1st experiment.
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Red Experiment: 50% yellow and 50% magenta mixed in the pen converter provided a red I liked so much I made an entire little bottle of red after that.
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I added my Noodlers blue ink just so you could compare. I have found that the TWSBI fine nib is really nice. I had to order a Kaweco extra fine nib to compete with it.
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In-Between Blue Experiment: Looking for something darker than step two, but not as purple looking as step 1. By then I had run out of pens. I could have washed out the ink and dabbed each pen dry, but I didn’t feel like that so I just used some bamboo skewers I had for a barbecue that had a tip that had been ground down to resemble a pencil tip shape.
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Green Experiments. 1st I tried 50%/50% yellow and cyan, but seeing it was lighter than desired, I added 0.5 ml of magenta to darken it somewhat. So with 2 ml of cyan, 2 ml of yellow and 0.5 ml of magenta, I got a usable green.
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Optimal Blue Experiment: To get more Navy Blue without any purple tinge, I did an experiment with 5.25 ml of magenta and 9.75 ml of cyan to get a blue that is close enough to Navy Blue for me to use this for working pen purposes.
Experimental Data
Here are the results of my tests in a photo so you too can see what happened.
In smudge tests within 30 seconds of writing nothing smudged at all. That surprised me since sometimes fountain pen inks do not dry quite so quickly.
Conclusions
The syringes the kit included worked very well for keeping the ink off my skin and clothing. They also rinsed out easily when I was done.
My data indicates that these DIY ink mixtures using commercially available dye inks that are intended for other purposes works fine for my own requirements writing with fountain pens.
Unexpected test results included writing with bamboo meat skewers that are designed to be used for BBQ and thrown away.
NOTE: Although bamboo skewers can "work" in a pinch when no other pens are available, I don’t recommend bamboo skewers for normal writing instruments. You have to dip the tip into the ink regularly to continue to write. It is like a trip back in time.
Given I mostly use Navy blue fountain pen ink, I only tested red and green ink on a whim because I had the ingredients to make them.
With the data indicating this ink is smooth flowing and fast drying, I will use it for some applications.
Next Steps
Next, I intend to begin using my 35% magenta and 65% cyan mixture. So I will order 500 ml of cyan and 500 ml of magenta giving me 675 ml (500 ml of cyan all used, 175 ml of magenta used) of fountain pen ink for an ongoing cost of 20 ml of ink per dollar. This is better than 7 ml per bottle for 'normal' fountain pen ink I get from Noodlers and the 1.5 ml per dollar I would get from Montblanc blue ink. I am not disparaging any ink suppliers. I appreciate their products and still buy them. I also wanted to know about cheaper alternatives for projects that use up lots of ink.
Frankly, I still like some of the color options of fountain pen inks even if they do cost more.
This was an interesting experiment. I hope you can use the data to make your own choices.
Experiment Tools Used
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Empty small bottles for new ink mixtures. At $13, these were great.
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A $14 pen from Jinhao called chainmail
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A $9 pen from Jinhao called Arrow Yellow. Do NOT buy this pen, by the way. The printed-on decoration wore off during my experiment. It was ugly in less than an hour. Wow! I guess that is what you get for $9.
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A $9 pen from Jinhao called Arrow Steel
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An unintended tool was a bag of BBQ bamboo skewers I had on-hand that I ended up using as a "pen" when my experimental mixtures exceeded the number of pens I was willing to test this DIY ink with. I used a skewer for green and blue inks.
Caution
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I realized midway through the tests that if I knocked over any of these bottles of ink that my carpet would be ruined. |