The last entry for this notebook – goodness! Lasts are always a bit sad. This notebook has been a great companion. I remember when I found it last spring at Jarir Bookstore. I love the old world feel of the maps on the cover. The fact that they are focused on the Middle East is perfect. It is hard to get used to having to use it upside down, but upside down is preferred to backwards. (Arabic is read from right to left therefore the notebooks sold here are setup that way.)
This notebooks feels like my first really regular notebook. It is the journey in these pages that I committed to writing with my students. It is this notebook that saw the commencement of my writing blog. I have had other notebooks I have written in (many, actually), but this one stands out as a writer’s notebook.
I wasn’t to pause here, a page before the end, to take time and sit with these words – to soak in these pages.
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OK. This notebook has earned its place on the shelf next to me. Time to start a new one.
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ReplyDeleteKristi,
ReplyDeleteI'm nearing the end of my current writer's notebook, and I find myself wondering if the words I'm going to write are worthy enough. I only have 10 more pages, so I want to make them count, not waste them on frivolous thoughts. I am glad I read your post because it gives me hope that I can finish my notebook, put it on the shelf and start again. A fresh start is nice, right?
Jennifer K.
web.me.com/aggiekesler/myjourneyabroad
I have some old notebooks that I keep saying, I'll get back to you - don't worry, and yet, there they sit (I suspect many of us writers have that same story). As I have moved more online as a writer, my offline writing has taken a hit. I'm not sure that is always a good thing.
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Thank you for your slice. I know you were writing about your notebook, but I saw a bit of your life as well. Writing with your students, where you shop, and your feelings for having to send something that was special to you. I will read more of your posts. I want to read about your life overseas.
ReplyDeleteI am teaching a comic book drawing class. Yesterday I started to make my won comic so I could understand better what the kids are doing.
I have so many notebooks going, I think I need to narrow down to one for awhile so I can experience this rite of passage.
ReplyDeleteThere are so few things more satisfying than filling a WHOLE notebook! Lucky for you, starting a brand new notebook is one of them!
ReplyDeleteI know that feeling. Some notebooks become entwined in my heart. I can imagine that you would feel very special about this special notebook. Sometimes I even leave the last pages blank in my notebook, because I just can't start something and carry it on to another notebook. I am glad you decided to write.
ReplyDeleteI think keeping old notebooks is so important, because it lets us remember where we've been.
ReplyDeleteOohh...it's such a bittersweet feeling finishing a notebook. I love being able to flip through the pages and see all the writing & memories stored in between the pages. You are inspiring me get out my dusty writer's notebook now. It's so easy to keep everything on my computer these days...
ReplyDeleteI finished one last month, and writing that last entry felt like saying good-bye to an old friend. Luckily, we can go back into our filled journals and relive the experiences we shared.
ReplyDeleteI tend to avoid last entries by buying new. Journals before the end of the previous journal. I enjoyed reading this slice and can relate.
ReplyDeleteI love the feeling I get at the last page of a notebook ... but I so rarely finish one before starting another one now. Strange that that's true ...
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