Karen’s post about the Augustus Griffin diaries gave me a pang not out of personal diary-keeping aspirations (I’ve tried and failed too many times to hold that as a serious ambition), but because of how interesting Griffin’s diaries sounded. I didn’t see the exhibit, but I remember how excited I was to learn that one […]
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Keeping a nature journal
We’ve gotten a couple of emails lately from people who use our products as nature journals, keeping track of special outings and recording what’s around them at home. One reader in southwest Wisconsin uses a daily undated Exacompta Forum journal to track birds and other species. “I had been looking for one with dates but […]
What makes a good engagement/wedding journal?
A reader from Texas has a great idea for his daughter’s upcoming wedding, and he’s looking for advice: I want to give journals to both my daughter and her fiance to record their thoughts and feelings while their hearts and brains are still mushy and creative. To be read at their anniversaries and low points. […]
Joan Didion, Elena McMahon, and Clairefontaine
I was reading Joan Didion’s 1996 novel, The Last Thing He Wanted, the other day (not as good as Play It As It Lays or A Book of Common Prayer, but still gripping), when I came across the following passage: Dream, the notebook entry is headed, all in caps. The notebook, a spiral-bound Clairefontaine with […]
What to do with those old diaries…
I just found out about Cringe, a new book by Brooklyn based writer Sarah Brown that reprints real teenage diary and journal entries, letters, stories, and so on. The idea grew out of a monthly reading series that she organizes at Freddy’s Bar & Backroom, and the title’s more than perfect. I don’t own the […]
