On the front page of today’s New York Times, accompanying an article about the President’s visit to China: “A Beijing store is selling notebooks with an image of President Obama, who arrives in China for a three-day visit on Sunday.” What a nice way to celebrate the occasion.
There was a neat article in the Wall Street Journal the other day about the writing habits of some well-known novelists. I’m sure it will come as no surprise that many of them mention notebooks! Orhan Pamuk: “Mr. Pamuk writes by hand, in graph-paper notebooks, filling a page with prose and leaving the adjacent page … Continue reading How Great Novelists Use Notebooks
Quick link: Amateur Economist: Review: Piccadilly Primo Journal. Sounds like it gets pretty a good rating for use with fountain pens.
I very much identified with this post at Writer’s Little Helper: I am nearing the end of a notebook. One page left and it will be another filled. I like the achievement of finishing notebooks but there is also the fright. What sort of notebook shall I use next, will I be able to write … Continue reading The Next-Notebook Dilemma
I recently noticed this story about Siegfried Sassoon’s notebooks being archived at Cambridge University. Sassoon was a poet who refused to return to fight after being wounded in World War I. (Read Pat Barker’s novel Regeneration for an interesting perspective on his story.) The archive contains, among other things “Sassoon’s journals [and]Â pocket notebooks compiled … Continue reading Siegfried Sassoon’s Notebooks
Here’s a nice way to use notebooks, from Gretchen Rubin at The Happiness Project: Studies show that thinking back on happy times elevates mood, and observing and preserving memories is one of the most satisfying ways of bringing order to life. My mother started a memory-keeping tradition a few years ago that has proved to … Continue reading Preserve Your Happy Memories in a Notebook
Here’s a funky slip-cased set of notebooks: But it drives me crazy when online sellers don’t list measurements and just say “fits perfectly in your purse!” Available at ModCloth for $19.99. .
I spotted this ad for the HBO show Bored To Death, which features a notebook, probably a Moleskine. Has anyone seen the show? Does the notebook make frequent appearances?
There was an auction last week for all kinds of interesting stuff including a “Large Lot of Diaries, Notebooks & Memo Pads.” I wonder who bought them! Antiques and the Arts Auction Listing — Rare Books, Paper & Ephemera Auction Olde Tyme Stuffe, Inc. 54 Suffolk Street Worcester MA 01604 Thursday, October 22, 2009 at … Continue reading I Wish I Could Have Gone…
If you had to strip your life down to only owning 100 things, would a notebook be one of them? If you’re reading this, I can’t imagine it wouldn’t! At mnmlist.com, Leo Baubata writes about living a minimalist life, and he lists his 100 things. The 100 count can be a bit flexible– he counts … Continue reading Is a Notebook One of Your 100 Things?