A wonderful essay by Shateek Palmer, a young man who turned to writing to cope with a difficult life: The first time I ever wrote about my feelings was when my grandmother was placed in the hospital. I was 9 years old. I knew I had to be strong for her, so I wrote about … Continue reading Shateek Palmer: A Teenager Writing in Notebooks
I first discovered Paperback Note via a link at Better Living Through Design. It later turned out I’d made their creator a notebook addict of the week. It makes perfect sense that Herman would be so addicted to notebooks, he had to start a company to make them! Paperback Notes Notebooks are made of old … Continue reading Review and Giveaway: Paperback Note
For anyone who needs some inspiration when it comes to filling their notebooks, it’s time to get schooled: Journaling School! Journaling School is a series of posts on the blog “My Life All in One Place: A Blog About Rediscovering the Filofax,” by Ray Blake. Each post looks at a different aspect of journaling and … Continue reading Journaling School
This week’s addict is a fellow Brooklyn resident who works as an editor and blogs at Brooklyn Arden. In a post about how she uses notebooks in her work life, she shares this photo of notebooks she’s used since 2001: As an editor, she says she has “a long, long list of priorities to juggle … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Cheryl
This week’s addict is Chelcee, who emailed me these photos of her notebook collection, with lots of information about how she uses them. (Please note the lime green numbers in the lower left hand corners of the photos.) A little about me, my name is Chelcee. I’m 21 and I’d very much consider myself a … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Chelcee
Rookie has a great post about ways to get started with keeping a journal, including visual journaling, writing down overheard conversations, logging daily activities, and more. The author shares some nice photos of her own journals, including these: Read more at Rookie » Where Your Book Begins.
We can all relate… I popped into Paper Tiger. I had an excuse. An upcoming birthday requiring a card. But most of the time I was in there my eyes kept drifting off towards the notebooks. I have, I should say up front, a bit of a thing about notebooks. Lined, gridded, hardbacked, softcovered, any … Continue reading “In Praise of Notebooks”
Jean-Claude Ellena, a perfume maker, talks about how he uses a Moleskine notebook: “My tools are test blotters, a pencil, a block of paper and, for a number of years now, a notebook. It was as I approached forty that I started making notes on accords, ideas for perfumes, writing down thoughts, copying out quotations, … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena on His Notebooks
I love this post about using a Moleskine diary to plan out posts for a book blog: Read more at Fennell Books – Feed Your Book Addiction – Book Reviews & Musings – Blogging Inspiration – Capturing the passion.
This week’s addict blogs at The Princess and the Geek, and says she has “so many notebooks, mostly half filled with random dribble, personal entries, fanfiction, short stories and ideas, dream and inspirations.” Here they are: I’m curious about some of those patterned covers and whether the notebooks came that way or were customized… … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Molly