Here’s a few interesting links you may enjoy:

For Sale: A POW Journal Documenting World War II’s ‘Great Escape’ from Atlas Obscura (Thanks to Mark for the tip!)

THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD War II’s most iconic prisoner-of-war escape is less than two weeks away, on March 24, 2019. Just in time, Hansons Auctioneers in England is offering a rare relic of the daring feat: a diary that takes us inside the mind of one of the prisoners who planned it.

My Sketchbooks in a Stranger’s Hands from The NY Times (also submitted as a tip from reader Shanta, thanks!)

I was at work when I received a very strange text message. “Hi Sarah, my name is Will and I work for a company that sorts through donated and discarded books and came across a stack of your lovely notebooks. I am not sure if you would be interested in having them returned, but I at least would like to inquire about the pecan pie.”

The message was followed by a picture of the interior of a Moleskine sketchbook of mine. The first page of a Moleskine has a place for you to write your name, address, phone number and a designated reward “in case of loss.” I have about two dozen Moleskines from the past 13 years, and in them I have offered various rewards — a painting, $20 plus a painting plus a kiss, a hot-air balloon and, in this particular book, a pecan pie.

Treasures to Be Un-Hidden at New York Public Library from the NY Times

It is an almost incomprehensible number: 46 million. That is how many items the New York Public Library says it has in its collection, and not all of them are books….

Starting next year, many of these items will be displayed in a new gallery at the library. I’d like to see this one:

The gallery will have Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s notebook. Amid drafts of poems is a page with a sketch of her dog Flush.

Field Trip: Wonder Pens Studio Shop from Gourmet Pens

Friday Five with Norio Fujikawa from Design Milk

Kokuyo Buncobon Dot Cover Notebook Review from The Pen Addict

Brush Pen Review: Pentel Ultra Fine Artist Brush Sign Pen from The Well-Appointed Desk