Planners, and Journals, and Pens, Oh My! (And Also Books…)

[@DinaAmaral]

I've missed your journaling content! Thank you for sharing 😊

[@adventuredenali]

@@DinaAmaral you’re welcome!

[@susanstouse6705]

When Books Went to War opens with author Betty Smith responding to a soldier who wrote her after he read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I was so touched by their letters that I immediately read her book, too. When Books Went to War is a fascinating story of which books were published in editions convenient for soldiers to carry with them while sometimes literally in the trenches. I highly recommend it!

[@simpletongeek]

I was just reading the history of dime novels, and apparently, the millions of books sent to the front are in this form.

[@adventuredenali]

Oh thank you for this recommendation! I will look into it.

[@skellyjayne]

So lovely to see you back on here and sharing journaling content no less! I love it, thank you!

[@adventuredenali]

Thank you! :D

[@pamloh3399]

So great to see you talking about stationery again, Alicia! I’m loving my eternal leather cover, I have it in natural, and the patina has developed beautifully with such a nice shine.

[@adventuredenali]

Thank you so much! I bet the patina on your natural cover is looking so gorgeous. They're such great covers.

[@viewer8888]

Thank you so much. You reminded me to put in my order for my 2025 Planners (I use a Leuchturm1917 Weekly Planner for work and a Roterfaden Weekly Planner for roller derby). Oh, I ordered another fountain pen too. I'm at 34 books for the year. Not sure what my favorite book so far was. But, for you, of the books I've read, I'm going to suggest Malka Older's _The Mimicking of Known Successes_ and _The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles_. They're some very imaginative future, mystery novellas.

[@scribe_samples2309]

I came for the planners/journals/pens about 5 yrs ago and they will always be my favorite topic for your videos. But I get that you have many interests. Tks for the update!

[@SkySpiral8]

I never get tired of admiring your cozy office. I just received the new Galen Leather A5 expansi-folio in brown, and am delighted to have a folio now that doesn’t bulge! I sold my old undyed one at a discount price (it sold in 12 hours) so someone else can enjoy it!

[@RG-yf3uj]

Appreciate the update & your perspective as always. Have kind of been beating myself up for not journaling or free writing as I had been. I've added this book to the list to read, sounds great TFS.

[@S.L._]

I just bought a Sheaffer Oversized Balance with a double broad nib. It's my grail pen, and I'm loving it so much. I've been writing with it every day since I got it, which is something I've only done before with my Kaweco brass Sport and a couple of TWSBI Ecos -- but with the Ecos, it's for the inks I keep in them (Poussiere de Lune and PCB) whereas with the Sport and the Balance, it's for the pens themselves. I have my Balance inked with Parker Quink Black, too -- it's my favorite ink for vintage pens. Some others are nice, but that's what I always go back to. And I'm so glad you liked "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" -- that was one of my favorite books as a kid, and I've liked it every time I've read it as an adult, too. I actually haven't reread it for a few years, and your video was a good reminder to read it again.

[@fionasimagination]

A tree grows in Brooklyn has been on my reading list for years. Thank you for mentioning it, I ordered a used copy from Amazon.❤

[@DTZinatbakhsh]

Yay paper! New Glasses? They look great! 👍🏽

[@lence_love4421]

„A Tree grows in Brooklyn“ one of my favorite Books forever.

[@Tracywhited2]

I've missed your journaling talks. This is great. But I like all your vids. lol

[@adventuredenali]

@@Tracywhited2 aww thank you! 🥰

[@minnamendelson2507]

Glad you are back! Oddly seeing the love you have for A Tree Grows In Brooklyn was so touching It shaped me as a person and I’m a 50’s model

[@adventuredenali]

Thank you! Gosh, that book is so special.

[@nohandle-01]

Thank you for sharing 🙏🏾

[@gregorsamsa4580]

O God - I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn a couple of years ago, and within a month or so I did read it again. What beautiful, beautiful book! I’m so glad you like it too.

[@adventuredenali]

@@gregorsamsa4580 oooh that’s so amazing!!! 😍

[@hanamarcetic5923]

I just took it off the shelf to read yesterday! Haha

[@MegaTripsy]

Now I have it to read too, I'm going with all of your recommendations on this one, I hope I love it!

[@MegaTripsy]

Update....I absolutely adore it already and only a tiny bit read so far! Thank you for this gem!

[@adventuredenali]

@@MegaTripsy Hurray!!! May you continue to adore it!

[@jamiedyrkacz5609]

I have read it too, and in love with the book as well. I feel the same, this will be a repeat in my yearly lineup. Such a wonderful story that brings me right in the moment and that is hard to do in more books I have read.

[@cdgarcia]

48 books 🎉 kudos! Inspiring I’m 9 books behind for the year but we have plenty of days left in the year

[@JCWong]

I love the Pistachio green color you chose! I bought a Hobonichi weeks for the first time so I'm excited to use it next year 😊

[@adventuredenali]

Oh exciting! I hope you enjoy it! Which cover did you choose on your weeks?

[@Shmyrk]

Have you done a cursive tutorial? That’d be amazing? Or at least can you share how you learned?

[@barrettwbenton]

Great to catch up with you after a while (and glad to know I'm no the only one to "fall off the wagon" in regard to journaling). I have Travelers' Passport-size notebook, but couldn't deal with the format of the larger version - I'm too used to the A5 format, and went for a notebook in the Travelers design-vein and set it up in similar style to my Passport book, and enjoy it quite a bit.

[@katismith]

I enjoy watching your journey. I've re-read a few of Jane Austen's books. But this is the first time I've heard of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn".

[@MidlifeByKirstin]

Thanks for the update Alicia! The new Hobo weeks has the new Sanzen tomoe river paper. I´m curious if you like it. I fell in love with traveler´s notebooks last year and will try their weekly + memo plannner next year abandoning the weeks.

[@catwhisperer911]

"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn"... I believe I first read it while in high school way back when and I mean way back. Definitely a book to read more than once. I'm big on Hemingway and have reread his books often. My favorite books to reread though are the "Dragons Of Pern" series of books by the author Anne McCaffrey which still excite me on every read. I am searching for a box set of her work because my copies are falling apart lol.

[@Roberto__Skar]

Indian Givers - Jack Weatherford

[@papayamoo]

Have missed your videos, hello hello hello! 🎉

[@pattern-shift]

I would feel the same way about opening up to a cold image even if it was your fav mountain. I was hoping you’d mention it because the idea was just perfect and silly but I’m glad to know you’ve thought about it. It would be sad if you didn’t know. Haha. This is super silly but still…

[@med017784]

Understood what do you really like is to own and buy or have tons of whatever (Its pointless to have 12 diaries … or not ( unless paid for using or annuncing them … or not

[@jonr6680]

The planner deco thing... The Denali brand is 100pc esthetic, expressive, creative. Just looking at the room behind you... and your 'functional' planner is more esthetic than my best & neatest effort! Starting with handwriting.... Less popular opinion is that most KZbin planner channels actually substitute deco for any meaningful content... no offense to them but THIS channel is on a whole different plane.

[@darrinyhearm4240]

You too.

[@Roberto__Skar]

James, Percival Everett.

[@adventuredenali]

Book recommendation?

[@MG-rw2sk]

Hi! What’s the brand of the inkwell? Thanks!

[@idunablack2592]

Q I ,love your videos so much

[@bhoola123]

I had to read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for school and my grandmother took it away and returned it to the library on me before I could finish it. In her opinion the book promulgated unfavorable ethnic stereotypes.

[@SamanthaOrtiz-g1c]

Do you know where I can buy a slinger around the neck pen the vintage one?

[@adventuredenali]

@@SamanthaOrtiz-g1c Peyton Street Pens has been a great resource for me in regards to vintage pens, but be warned: I’ve worn pens around my neck before and the body has twisted off its cap just from the swinging motion of my moving about. I have dropped and almost lost a pen that way! I don’t recommend cranking down on the cap either to prevent this, as the cap can then get stress fractures if twisted too tightly. They’re lovely pens though and you’ll often see them listed as “vest” pens.

[@scottlaughlin2447]

I think I read A Tree in Brooklyn long ago. Didn’t she read all the books in the library?

[@adventuredenali]

@@scottlaughlin2447 she certainly read a lot, not all, but she was checking them out alphabetically.

[@glenconverse1327]

Where can I find that black leather notebook cover?

[@adventuredenali]

@@glenconverse1327 I posted a link in the description! It’s made by Eternal Leather Goods.

[@Knubbers24_Ryan_Van_Riper]

📒🖋️

[@adventuredenali]

@@Knubbers24_Ryan_Van_Riper 😃