Category Archives: Other People’s Notebooks

From the Collections of Our Readers

One of the best things about writing this blog is that I’ve been getting some nice emails from readers with photographs of notebooks. Here’s a few: Carol sends this HUGE notebook: And Jan sends this tiny one, bought in Holland: And Jun shares these photos of a very covetable Japanese surveyor’s notebook: If you have … Continue reading From the Collections of Our Readers

Annie Leibovitz’s Financial Meltdown: Notebooks Partially to Blame

You’d have to be living under a rock not to have heard the news that celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz is broke. But here’s a new detail: she spent a lot of money on expensive notebooks! When [Leibovitz’s daughter] Sarah started eating solid food, a rigorous journaling policy was instituted, in which every bite and bowel … Continue reading Annie Leibovitz’s Financial Meltdown: Notebooks Partially to Blame

Notebook Addict of the Week: A Teenage Novelist

Here’s a notebook addict who used her collection to accomplish something amazing: A Wisconsin teenager named Cayla Kluver kept notebooks, lots of them.  These colorful spiral notebooks are the kind you get at the local pharmacy or supermarket.  Nothing fancy, but the perfect canvas for personalizing, or maybe writing a narrative.  On those pages, Cayla … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: A Teenage Novelist

Notebook Addict of the Week: Patriots and Peoples

This week’s notebook addict blogs about history at Patriots and Peoples. He says: A bit more than twenty years ago I started carrying a spiral notebook with me almost constantly. I usually wrote in it while reading—taking notes, jotting titles and authors of other texts that I planned to examine, proposing theses, writing initial drafts … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Patriots and Peoples

Notebook Addict of the Week: Strikethru

This week’s notebook addict is Strikethru. For reasons I don’t understand, some of my notebooks are at least half used, while others have only a sullied page or two, and still others are completely blank. When I look back over my skritchings, one thing is clear– since college, I have rarely used a notebook for … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Strikethru

Notebook Addict of the Week: The Girl in the Cafe

Wow. Here’s someone who must really like to stock up and save when she finds a notebook she likes! Here’s her thoughts on the matter: I like notebooks. I buy them as souvenirs in places I visit: the two ones with hearts on it are both bought in New York for example. Or if they … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: The Girl in the Cafe

Future; Nostalgic Reviews the Asda Executive Notebook

I was very interested in this notebook review at Future; Nostalgic: Review: Asda Executive Notebook. I love the way this notebook has 3 sections in the back pocket! And the prices seem great too. Drawbacks: there is no pocket size version, and it’s only sold at Asda in the U.K.

Moleskine Monday: Kathrin Jebsen-Marwedel on Flickr

So often, I’ll see a really cool image pop up in the Moleskine Flickr pool, and it will turn out to be by Kathrin Jebsen-Marwedel. See her photostream here. She fills each page of a daily Moleskine planner with the most wonderful sketches, and the result is an extraordinary visual journal.