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Notebook Addict of the Week: nenonafirestardragonstrgteg1

Nifty — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:00:47 +0000

I can’t pronounce this addict’s name, but I like the collection, which appears here on Flickr with annotations.

Feeling Guilty About Notebooks

Nifty — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:07:22 +0000

I loved this post I stumbled across, in which the writer ponders the different notebooks she’s been using for the “morning pages” exercise recommended in The Artist’s Way:

This morning, as I began writing I started thinking about my good old Black ‘n Red. I thought, maybe I should go back and start writing in it again. It was kinda unfair that I abandoned it for this beautiful spankin’ new journal. I sighed at the image of it sitting on my desk forsaken and unused. How utterly sad.

Then I stopped – I interrupted that ridiculous train of thought and was shock to discover that I felt GUILTY! Within 15 seconds I had almost convinced myself my journal was offended and felt cast-off and forgotten. With a quickness I told my brain, “Listen here – that notebook is an inanimate object. The only life it possesses is what I give it!”

But what rich lives our notebooks have, whether we personify them or not, and regardless of which kind we choose at any given time. As the writer finally concludes, “I can write in any flippin’ notebook that I want!”

The Third Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper :: OfficeSupplyGeek

Nifty — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:19:17 +0000

It’s that time again: the third monthly edition of the Carnival of Pen, Pencil and Paper, hosted by Office Supply Geek. Lots of good stuff, including:

Exacompta Sketchbook Review and Field Tests

Black & Red Notebook Review

Rhodia Webnotebook vs. Moleskine Journal Showdown