Unexpected discoveries for holding sample vials and pens — and a new journal
Some of my favorite and most useful stationery tools are unexpected discoveries. Lovely little surprises I stumbled into. New tools that were thrust upon me by loved ones and the universe: a sample vial stand and a wood pen tray.
All geared up for commonplace notes
Both last week’s color palette and pen selection worked well. This week, I’m swapping only one pen-and-ink combo. Replacing a bright blue EF accent notetaker for a purple-pink version of the same. Gearing up for some commonplace notes.
Finding your joy, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On finding your joy. Creative tourism. And reimagining what you already have, like it’s your first time.
The magic of a personal keyword system
For notes to be searchable, they need an afterlife. The key to creating an afterlife for my notes — which live in both the analog and digital worlds — is keywords. Keywords that I create when revisiting my notes hours or days later. Keywords I attach to portions of notes, rendering them searchable on my computer. Keywords, like bow ties, are cool.
Teaching and research produce hundreds of thousands of annotated documents. We can all use searchable coolness when trying to find what you’ve already noted amidst that ocean of scribbles.