Waning crescent
I forget when I first discovered Field Notes, but the book I started today is the last of my stash of Lunacy. That was a fall 2016 release so it’s safe to say that I’ve been using them for a decade
I don’t use them exclusively anymore, but they were my gateway notebook. They were the thing that re-woke my childhood love of stationery and I haven’t looked back.
The trajectory went something like field notes ➡️ to other types of notebook ➡️ to stationery podcasts ➡️ better ballpoints and gel pens ➡️ to my first fountain pen ➡️ to multiple fountain pens ➡️ to the rest of the wormhole…
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My stationery use has declined in recent years but I still appreciate good quality pens and books. The way I use these project books has remained largely consistent, although my discipline waxes and wanes.
Opening up this old Lunacy book has been a trip down memory lane. This was an S-tier Field Notes release: the look, the paper, that reticle grid, the amount of effort put into the story and the theme. Perfection.
This particular book is the waning crescent and, because i started logging the phases of the moon this morning thanks to a suggestion from @Mark Ragland , I know that tonight’s moon will also be a waning crescent. That’s pretty cool, and even though it couldn’t yet be seen during tonight’s dog walk, I felt more connected to it than I have in a while
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