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
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.
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
A reader named Marjorie wrote to ask how my notebook collection started. It’s hard for me to remember exactly, because I’ve loved notebooks since before I can even remember! My parents have said that when I was about 3, I was already folding pieces of paper in to little booklets to scribble on. A few … Continue reading How Did Your Notebook Collection Start?
I love this idea– writing and drawing a blog in a notebook and then scanning the pages into an online blog. I’ll have to try it sometime! Takashi Betsui’s day job at an ad agency in Tokyo is decidedly digital, but his blogging life is much more analog than you’d expect. In fact, … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Blogging on Paper
Here’s something pretty cool from the website of the Smithsonian: I had never heard of Earl Shaffer but that notebook accompanied him on quite an adventure: Earl Shaffer was the first person to walk the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in one continuous hike. Shaffer had no expert advice, no previous footsteps to … Continue reading Earl Shaffer’s Little Black Notebook
This week’s addict was nominated by Jennie, who sent me a link to this great post: My Journals and Notebooks, by Cheryl Wright, who says “I collect journals like an addict. I see one, it calls my name and I can’t rest until I buy it.” Here’s some of her collection: Make sure you click … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Cheryl Wright
David Bogie shared a couple of great tips: first, this interesting notebook, used to record games of Go. I remember trying to play Go with my dad sometimes when I was a kid, or more frequently, Gomoku, which is much simpler. I certainly never got to the level of having to record my games, but … Continue reading Tips from Readers
Moleskine has been introducing so many new products lately, they’re hard to keep up with. But here’s one I had to try: This 3-piece set includes a 2-pocket envelope, a 2012 week-to-page planner, and an undated day-per-page notebook. First of all, I love the colors. The neutral brown and grey shades are very attractive … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: 3-Piece Diary/Planner Review