Diaries in the WSJ
Some diaries featured in today’s Wall Street Journal…
Some diaries featured in today’s Wall Street Journal…
Here’s another sketchbook addict, found via the “Sketchbook Series” posts at Book By Its Cover. She uses an interesting variety of sketchbooks and her artwork is lovely! See more here.
I’ve had this nagging feeling that I’d forgotten to do something… and I had! My Dec. 28 “random notebook giveaway” sort of slipped my mind in all the holiday craziness, but our winners are Cesar– comment #120 Brian Tacik– comment #109 Thanks for all the wonderful comments, everyone!
This video has been making the rounds on Facebook and I just love it! Some notebooks and pens make a cameo appearance.
If you happen to be heading down under any time soon, there is an exhibition at the National Library of Australia in Canberra that you’ll definitely want to check out called “Handwritten.” It includes letters, diaries and other handwritten documents from the likes of Einstein, Beethoven, Galileo and more contemporary, Australian people like Nick Cave, … Continue reading Handwritten
Having seen Endgame and Waiting for Godot, I’d have to admit that I find these notebooks much more interesting than Beckett’s actual plays! See more at A Rare Look at Samuel Beckett’s Doodle-Filled Notebooks | Brain Pickings.
Another amazing example of an illustrated Moleskine journal: See more at One year moleskine #12 | nicoz goes west.
I went through a phase in the late 1990s when my notebook obsession was relatively dormant, because my lust for handheld data receptacles of a certain size and shape had displaced itself onto the Palm Pilot and its various descendents. PDAs were my addiction then: I bought (and resold) about 15 different models over about … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Julie the Gadgeteer
Here’s something that will ring a bell for many of you, as it did for me. It’s amazing how you can lose track of your tidying up when you get lost in the memories that old notebooks conjure up! So here it is another new year, and here I am once again, picking up and … Continue reading Notebooks that Lead Down Memory Lane
I spotted Wild & Wolf’s Qwerty line of products in a local store and just loved the idea: notebooks and other products with old style typewriter motifs! I contacted the company and they were kind enough to send me not only a sample Qwerty journal, but another funky notebook as well. Let’s take a look: … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: Wild & Wolf’s Qwerty Journal and “I Am the Notebook of…”