This is the first Filofax I ever bought, sometime in the early 1990s. I had not been out of college long and Filofaxes still seemed like the kind of expensive yuppie status symbol that I’d scoffed at… but then I got a job in a store that sold them, and I discovered that this pocket … Continue reading Pocket Filofax, Early 1990s
Do you go through notebooks faster when you’re living through difficult, stressful times? I know I do. I just went through about a quarter of my current notebook in less than a week due to a very sad event. And I know that in other times, I’ve always tended to write more journal entries when … Continue reading Notebooks in Good Times and Bad
A couple months ago I posted about the artist David Fullarton and wondered where I could get a notebook like the one he used for his work. Well, it turns out I had only to look in my own collection! The unusual gridded pages appearing in Fullarton’s artwork come from an engineer’s field book like … Continue reading Engineer’s Field Notebook, late 1980s
WE HAVE WINNERS!! @julia_eff @juliemorrison @tom_s252 have each won a @Vickerey notebook. Thank you to all who entered! # Sorry, typo in last message, it's @juliermorrison who is a winner! # @tom_s252 @juliermorrison You should be able to DM me now, thanks! in reply to tom_s252 # @ecram Don't worry, there will be more contests … Continue reading Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-25
WE HAVE WINNERS!! @julia_eff @juliemorrison @tom_s252 have each won a @Vickerey notebook. Thank you to all who entered! # Sorry, typo in last message, it's @juliermorrison who is a winner! # @tom_s252 @juliermorrison You should be able to DM me now, thanks! in reply to tom_s252 # @ecram Don't worry, there will be more contests … Continue reading Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-25
A thought-provoking quote from Mark Twain: It is a troublesome thing for a lazy man to take notes, so I used to try in my young days to pack my impressions in my head. But that can’t be done satisfactorily, so I went from that to another stage– that of making notes in a note-book. … Continue reading Mark Twain’s Notebooks
Contest this week, enter by tweeting. See post today for details! # @writershelper Me too! in reply to writershelper # @DIYSara Congratulations! Bet you can't wait to shop for the invitations! :) in reply to DIYSara # Enter the contest to win! http://equ27.tk # Contest for a free notebook continues, another winner will be picked … Continue reading Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-18
@awelfle according to @kikkerland, the three sizes are 3.5×6, 5.75×8.25 and 8.75×12.5" in reply to awelfle # Uniball Style-Fit arrived from @Jetpens NICE! # @dowdyism @DIYSara I got a silver barrel, w/ black, blue-black, violet, green and red inks. It looks like a little rocket! in reply to dowdyism # Question: are we living in … Continue reading Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-11
Photographing 7 notebooks. # It would be nice if my blog would work so I could post some of these photos! Arrgghhh! # Just bought a Pilot Varsity fountain pen. It took me a while to find any inexpensive fountain pens in local stores! # A few days ago, dreamhost problems with my blog. Yesterday … Continue reading Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-04
Nothing like an afternoon spent sitting on the deck, with some nice plants and a stack of notebooks to review…