I recently came across this interesting interview. with a therapist who talks a lot about dream analysis. Here’s my favorite part: “Dream recall improves if you write them down in the morning. I have been keeping track of my dreams for 25 years and have filled dozens of notebooks.†I have an old 2001 Moleskine … Continue reading Keep a Dream Journal
I stumbled across this cover image for a Moleskine 2011 Daily Planner on Amazon. Looks like they’re changing the design of their paper bands! From this image it looks like it might not wrap around the whole book any more, but instead just cover the corner and spine. It’s a bit early to be thinking … Continue reading A New Look for Moleskine Diaries in 2011?
Here’s something for everyone whose New Year’s Resolution is to start keeping a diary! A few months ago, I was sent a free sample of an interesting journal called Keel’s Simple Diary. It’s quite different from most of the items I’ve reviewed. It’s a sort of hybrid, I guess– perhaps more of a creativity prod … Continue reading Review: The Simple Diary
The Elle website features eleven favorite notebooks (with a wee mention of a review by yours truly), including Moleskine, Smythson, the Shopsin Diary, and the oh-so-high-school Trapper Keeper– who knew it’s been revived as a trendy accessory!
Talk about the ultimate indulgence: devoting a notebook entirely to one’s chocolate consumption! Isn’t it hard to start writing in a brand new notebook? Best to write or draw something on the first page right away, so you don’t have to be intimidated by the blank pages anymore. This is my newest one and I … Continue reading Yummy Idea: Keep a Chocolate Notebook!
I always love hearing about writers’ notebooks, though this is a little different from most! From an interview with Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of American Salvage: Do you keep any kind of notebook? I don’t have a writing notebook properly, but I do have this fabulous datebook that I keep with me at all times. … Continue reading Bonnie Jo Campbell’s Standard Diary
The Moleskine Color-a-Month 2010 Daily Planner has turned a lot of heads this year– it’s certainly the most colorful and unusual product Moleskine has introduced. But what’s inside that chunky rainbow package? Let’s take a look! The planner is the size of a pocket Moleskine notebook, but at 2 1/8 inches, it’s about 4 times … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: Moleskine Color-a-Month 2010 Planner
I’m impressed by Anne at Tagged and Cajoled, who writes about here notebooks in this post. She always knows where to look for things she’s jotted down. I sometimes know but often I might have to search back through several notebooks for something I know I’ve written, but I’m not sure exactly when or where. … Continue reading Which Notebook Did I Write That In???
From The Unfolding Moment, this is a lovely post about the ups and downs of keeping a journal, and now it feels to go back and re-read old journals: Reflection: Leave the Roots On. Every once in a while, I become reacquainted with old notebooks. My life is flush with them: sketchbooks and art journals, … Continue reading Thoughts on Journaling
I recently noticed this story about Siegfried Sassoon’s notebooks being archived at Cambridge University. Sassoon was a poet who refused to return to fight after being wounded in World War I. (Read Pat Barker’s novel Regeneration for an interesting perspective on his story.) The archive contains, among other things “Sassoon’s journals [and]Â pocket notebooks compiled … Continue reading Siegfried Sassoon’s Notebooks