Another amazing example of an illustrated Moleskine journal: See more at One year moleskine #12 | nicoz goes west.
Millie sent me a link to this photo of her stash of unused notebooks. She points out that 2 didn’t make it into the photo… and I bet her collection of used notebooks would be pretty impressive too! Full details on what all these notebooks are at Unused notebook collection. Thanks for sharing, Millie!
Catching up on my correspondence again! Allegra Newman writes to tell us about her book, 365 Things to Write About: “[The book] offers exactly 365 people, places, object, and ideas on blank, lined pages where people can write their responses. My writing partner and I created it as a different way to jumpstart our brains [...]
Quite a while back, I posted a link to a snazzy looking diary by Typotheque. Little did I know that almost two years later, I’d be sent a sample to review! Seeing this year’s version in person did not disappoint. Here it is: I love the nice clean design, with all its sharp lines and [...]
A place for thoughts: Area residents use journals for therapy, collecting life stories. A nice story I came across recently, in which a reporter for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette named Jaclyn Youhana asks “Do many people keep a diary any more? When I asked readers to contact me if they did, I had no [...]
Oh, how this pains me!!! I just burned 40 years’ worth of diaries. I didn’t plan to — or rather, I had always planned to, once I knew I was dying, or so old that I would soon lack the energy to gather wood. But I woke one morning and knew it was time to [...]
Paul, a former Addict of the Month, sent me a couple of interesting notebook stories: First, a link to some info about the Jesse Owens Exhibit at a library at Ohio State. From Paul: “In Thompson Library on the Ohio State campus, I saw the travel diary of Jesse Owens, for his 1936 trip to [...]
I forget how I first heard about Rubberband notebooks, but I emailed them a while back and they sent me a great batch of samples to review. Let’s take a look! First, we have this very snazzy planner. It comes in a slipcase with a paper band around it, and inside you get a nice [...]
Oprah is a journaler! Here’s one from her teen years: See more at Oprah’s Private Journals – Diary Excerpts – Oprah.com. Found via mylittlechickadees.blogspot.com.
I recently changed my “What I’m Using Now” photo after several months of its being out of date. I’ve gone through at least 2 or 3 daily notebooks since I last updated that image, a couple of Moleskines and a Piccadilly. I’ve been alternating between plain pages and squared– I keep coming back to squared [...]
