Ryan Slie joins us for our 150th episode, in which we share our latest round of waddya gots, Ted asks readers to share how your Prius died (because we know it did and we know it was weird), and we exchange sweaty summer book ideas and our creativity goals for the sunny season.

Quiet Collector on Etsy

Nature Girl by Carl Hiaason

The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante

Vacationland by John Hodgman

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play by Nick Offerman

The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrere

The Skints

Who the hell are Arcade Fire?

Uniball Jetstream

Pentel EnerGel Kuro

Pentel Inkjoy

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Lamy 2000

UniBall Signo UM-153

Lamy Tipo

Field Notes Signs of Spring

From the Take Note blog: Signs of wear on Signs of Spring

Quiet Collector

Detroit TypeWorks

Ted visits Petco, Adam and Ted get grossed out and squeezed in on airplanes. Then we check in on recent Field Notes notebook editions – Signs of Spring delights and inspires a vision.

Field Notes Leap of Faith edition

Field Notes Signs of Spring

Trader Joes Blue Cheese Stuffed Olives

International Cat Federation

Detroit Type Works

Graphite Confidential

CW Pencils

California Typewriter

Lettera 22

The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig

The Cameraman by Dana Stevens

Bowler Hat

Ezra Klein and Annie Murphy Paul on Notebooks and Screens

Getting Things Done

Hermes Rocket

Adah Fitzgerald, owner of Main Street Books in Davidson, North Carolina, joins the show to talk stocking a pen for the first time Special offer: enter the discount code TAKENOTE when you enter your online order and get 20% off of your purchase, excluding shipping costs. 

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi coming out in May

MoonWitch, SpiderKing by Marlon James

Pure Color by Sheila Hedi

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

Station 11 by Emily St John Mandel

Herbin pens now available at Main Street Books

Public - Supply

Oliver Burkeman makes a compelling case for morning pages

PROMPTS newsletter – we sent two in 2021

5-Minute Morning Yoga

"If you don't have time to meditate…" 

How To Do Nothing

Adam and Ted discussed How To Do Nothing days before COVID shut down the world

In our neverending exploration of life through the notebook, we delve into Joan Didion’s “On Keeping a Notebook” and explore how we use a notebook, why, and what it means to us. 

New Yorker: 1995 article on the Bloomsbury Group

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

On Keeping a Notebook by Joan Didion

On Becoming Lucy Sante by Lucy Sante

Blog Post: How to Keep a Notebook 

Slate Political Gabfest

Image: John Locke’s Method for Commonplace Notebooks, The Public Domain Review

City Cast Houston

The Orange Show Houston

Phillip Pyle II

George Saunders Story Club

Kerouac On The Road Scroll

Second City Corporate Education

NYT Daily: Russia and the U.S. Face Off Over Ukraine

Freewrite

Field Notes Heavy Duty

Field Notes Heavy Duty x Magnetic Tape Hack

Field Notes Trailhead

Field Notes Harvest