Take Note

A poem, a phone interview, and a lot of pencil talk this week.

The reasons for delays in posting episodes are many and varied. One of the slightest reasons for the delay in posting this episode -- which we intended to turn around quickly after the new Field Notes editions were released -- is that I was briefly pulled away from the computer to stir a jar of tahnini that had thickened considerably. That detail seemed noteworthy and so I share it here.

The reasons for delays in posting episodes are many and varied. One of the slightest reasons for the delay in posting this episode -- which we intended to turn around quickly after the new Field Notes editions were released -- is that I was briefly pulled away from the computer to stir a jar of tahnini that had thickened considerably. That detail seemed noteworthy and so I share it here.

This week Ted rescues Adam from a treacherous forest of stationery marketing copy and guides him to safety.

This week Ted rescues Adam from a treacherous forest of stationery marketing copy and guides him to safety.

This week: STEM, Baron Fig, bibliophilia, and much more.

This week: STEM, Baron Fig, bibliophilia, and much more.

This week: Rhinos, Foxes, and Rhodias. And Adam reads, from his 2002 notebook, anecdotes about write, editor, and professor Keith Botsford.

This week: Rhinos, Foxes, and Rhodias. And Adam reads, from his 2002 notebook, anecdotes about write, editor, and professor Keith Botsford.

This week, we are mistaken for a disruption-era food deliveryman and a winemonger. We also discuss rearranging the pen and pencil drawers, pencil zine Plumbago, and the Crescent City.