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Yet another use for our water, SNOW, and pretty-much-everything proof “Expedtion” Edition. This time, tracking the storm in DC. – Jan. 6th, 2025

Welcome to another entry in our Field Notes Commons Creator in Residence series. In addition to re-sharing content from the Field Notes community, the Commons periodically invites creatives, artists, writers, and/or generally exceptional people to take over the Instagram feed and share their work, tell their stories, and show us how their Field Notes notebooks occupy a place in what they do. – Feb. 6th, 2024

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Unplug Me

“What inspires me and why it’s a good fit for me is because these little notebooks, they unplug me. They force me to be thoughtful and mindful, and they’re a merging of my personal life and my professional life.” – Apr. 19th, 2023

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Scheming Attorneys & Their Cynical Enablers

Anyway, it has been a tiny rewarding adventure the past coupla’ years tracking down fugitive PONYS in European stationery shops etc. but that is so tapped OUT! – Apr. 15th, 2023

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Giving Tuesday

Today (11/29/22) we’re donating ten percent of all consumer sales on our site to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago’s Food Bank. You can help by doing some holiday shopping with us today, and/or by donating directly to GCFD. They have a matching program in place today, so all contributions will be doubled. – Nov. 29th, 2022

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Well, Hello There

Our partnership with the United States Postal Service continues with the release of their new Peanuts stamps! – Oct. 3rd, 2022

Photo of a yellow Field Notes memo book wrapped with yarn and laying on a blanket

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A Stitch in Time

Hello from Ohio! Every day in 2022 I’ll be crocheting a row on my ‘Temperature Blanket.’ In my Field Notes I’m recording the daily temperature at 1:37 (the time I was born). – Mar. 28th, 2022

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Illegible Evidence

when you’re lucky enough to get to be the son of a reporter, you carry your share of peculiar memories around to discover much later. anything at anytime can jar one loose. – Dec. 22nd, 2021

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Legalese

It’s very important when making advertisements promoting your commercial products to run them by the legal team... – Jun. 29th, 2020

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Eighty Years, Field Notes, and a Couple Cigarettes

Arctic wildlife photographer Morten Hilmer mounted an expedition to Ellesmere Island, within the Arctic Archipelago, in Canada’s Qikiqtaaluk Region, to chase his “dream about getting a glimpse and maybe even photograph the white Arctic wolf.” – Jan. 16th, 2020

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Friend in Low Places

“People sometimes ask me why I don’t use a phone to take notes when I’m ‘out’ in the field. The answer is that phones smash, while notebooks bend. I also like the way that notebooks record where they’ve been not just in terms of what’s written in them, but also in terms of the wear they bear as objects.” – Nov. 21st, 2019

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Those Who Put It There

We asked folks to shoot a photo of one of the “National Parks” Series Memo Books in the park it depicts, and send it to us. – Oct. 17th, 2019

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