One thing I have been bad about on this site is following up on my notebook reviews to see how notebooks perform and hold up after being used daily til they are complete. My “everyday carry” notebook habits are pretty consistent and skew heavily towards the older Moleskines I’ve stockpiled over the years, but I … Continue reading My Daily Notebooks: Moleskine Alternatives
This will seem familiar to many of us! Idea Notebook No. 1: Discovered in late December with two ideas and one inspirational quote jotted down. See the rest: Notebooks I Abandoned Last Year | The New Yorker
My last update was in May 2018, when I shocked everyone by not having any Moleskine notebook in my daily carry. Let’s see how things have changed since then! I am still using the Leda Sketchbook shown in the May 2018 post. I’m almost done with it and am planning to replace it with a … Continue reading What I’m Using Now: October 2018
Here are the 10 winners of my 10th anniversary giveaway: From post comments: Joe Roosevans (2018/09/15 at 5:40 am) Charles (2018/09/12 at 4:36 pm) Eileen (2018/09/12 at 9:03 am) Via Twitter: Lady Temeraire (@ladytemeraire) Sam Mauck (@samrmauck) Via Instagram: Carrie Bond (bond_carrie) Helen (Helenmelon27) Rosie (Pinky.punky.ink) Via Facebook: Jean Marmo Michael Elson If you are … Continue reading Tenth Anniversary Giveaway Winners
I noticed this article recently, and then spotted this Danish notebook brand in a store in Amsterdam. Very nice looking, clean designs. Source: The Best Notebooks For Everyone From Notem Studio | OPUMO
September 12, 2008: 25 people died in a train collision in Los Angeles. Top Wall Street bankers and US government officials met in a panic to try to save Lehman Brothers, as the country began to tumble into the biggest financial crisis since the depression. David Foster Wallace committed suicide. But on the brighter side of things, … Continue reading Ten Years of Notebook Stories!
I’ve been thinking about what it’s like to be a notebook addict when you’re a kid vs. as an adult. I know this site has some teenage readers, and I sometimes hear from parents whose kids love notebooks. I myself was obsessed with notebooks before I even knew how to write– I recently found an … Continue reading Notebook Addiction at Different Ages
Notebooks have been in the news in Argentina! More than a dozen people have been arrested in Argentina after notebooks were found detailing what appear to be illicit political payments. They were kept by Oscar Centeno, who was employed as a driver by a public works official and describe delivering bags of cash. It’s quite … Continue reading Bribery Scandal Featuring Notebooks from Argentina
When I first saw this headline, I thought I might have a new notebook addict to write about! But it’s actually a great story about a man who took the initiative to help disadvantaged kids at local schools. I hope he inspires others to do the same! A man went on a shopping spree at … Continue reading “Man goes on Walmart shopping spree, buys 2,000 notebooks”
Several weeks ago, I went to the Renwick Gallery in Washington D.C., where there was a large exhibition about Burning Man, the annual festival in the Nevada desert where lots of creative people gather to enjoy each other’s art and self-expression in a variety of forms. The Renwick exhibition included a couple of notebooks: This … Continue reading Notebooks from Burning Man