Father Thomas Lawrason Riggs was the first Catholic chaplain at Yale. He was a member of Yale’s class of 1910, where he met Cole Porter, the composer. He later attended graduate school at Harvard, where he roomed with Porter and Dean Acheson, a future secretary of state. During World War I, Riggs returned to Yale … Continue reading Thomas Lawrason Riggs’s Notebook
If you love looking at other people’s travel journals, check out Notes from the Road. Erik Gauger has traveled to some amazing places, and filled lots of travel journals with sketches and notes. Instead of carrying around dozens of heavy guidebooks when I travel, I condense my useful information into a small size Moleskine travel … Continue reading Erik Gauger’s Travel Journals
I don’t remember how I came across the website of Macha Selbach. She has posted lots of images from her travel sketchbooks, as well as other artworks. Some are bright and colorful, and others are simple monochromatic ink sketches that nevertheless capture beautiful light. Lots of different styles, and all beautiful! See more at: books … Continue reading Macha Selbach’s Travel Sketches
I found this photo on my computer– I saved it over 3 years ago and never got around to writing about it! A notebook belonging to the artist Robert Rauschenberg: I managed to track down the source– I had photographed a page in the New York Times Magazine, from this article: Robert Rauschenberg’s Endless Combinations. … Continue reading Robert Rauschenberg’s Notebook
This is not exactly a notebook, but it’s quite an extraordinary paper product! The Omoshiro Block is a notepad with laser cut pages. As you tear off each page, an amazingly detailed 3D sculpture is revealed! Mind blowing… Omoshiro Block – a Notepad with detachable pages, which as turns into a miniature work of art: … Continue reading The Omoshiro Block: Notepad or Sculpture?
Spotted for sale at Lee-Jackson Militaria, a pretty cool looking old soldier’s notebook. I’m not sure if this is from World War II or earlier. See other military notebooks from the archives.
Another random magazine photo from a few years ago. My eyes went straight to the pile of notebooks! Oddly enough, the other thing that caught my eye is the stack of books under the notebooks– I’m almost positive it is multiple copies of When a Crocodile Eats the Sun, an amazing book that I highly … Continue reading What’s the First Thing You Notice in This Picture?
The chic and stylish Moleskine Diary art of First Lady Patate: Found via the website Auguste et Claire, (in French): To be Moleskine or not to be
I found this week’s addict on Instagram. Ironbark Journals is an Etsy seller of hand-stitched travelers notebook covers, but the photo below is her personal collection. So. Much. Leather.
What a mess the whole Brexit thing is… but I have to admit reading this headline made me feel a little excited. “WHSMITH IS STOCKPILING NOTEBOOKS, DIARIES AND PENS FOR NO-DEAL BREXIT” The retailer has reportedly said it would hold a six month supply of stationery that it imports from Asia, rather than three-to-four months … Continue reading Stockpiling Notebooks for Brexit