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John Milton's Notes on Marriage and Divorce: A Notation
"…the apt and cheerfull conversation of man with woman, to comfort and refresh him against the evill of solitary life."
Jul 27
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Ludwig van Beethoven's Conversation Notebooks: A Notation
"...history could eavesdrop on much of Beethoven’s daily discourse.”
Jul 20
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Katharine Hepburn's Promptbook
Introducing the Notation Series
Jul 13
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June 2026
Three Notebooks Behind Thomas Jefferson's Legacy
"I determined to abridge in a common place book, every thing of value which I read."
Jun 29
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Re-Noted: 3 Lessons on Writing from Joan Didion's Notes
"It gets me past the blank terror."
Jun 22
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P.S. I Indexed 70 Notebooks. Here's What I Learned.
How I made 21 years of notes searchable
Jun 15
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Note-Taking Rituals
A Celebration of the May 2026 Commonplace Book Club
Jun 8
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How Austin Kleon Keeps it Fun and Weird
"Because I am insane, I keep four different notebooks"
Jun 1
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May 2026
P.S. Florence Nightingale's Private Notes of Survival and Reform
"But why, oh my God, cannot I be satisfied with the life which satisfies so many people?"
May 25
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43 Quotes For Readers, Writers, & Notebook-Keepers
From the May Commonplace Book Club
May 18
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Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing
“The nurse ought to be the patients’ defender and keeper”
May 11
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Re-Noted: Jack Kerouac's Introspective Notes
"In an effort to discover the hidden laws of elation & depression while writing"
May 4
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