I picked up a new Moleskin notebook yesterday since my most recent notebook was full. As of my last one I have switched to the smaller sized ruled notebooks in place of the large ones for my “walking around notebook.” The large ones are a little easier to write in, and obviously hold more on each page, but the small ones are so nicely sized for pockets that they are more convenient for always-on-me carrying.
aside:
I use the larger size for my diary now. Yes, I'm a diarist. I've kept journals since public school, and now have boxes and boxes full of them. Diaries, that is, not public schools. Those I keep in bags.
end of aside
I'm sure I've gushed on about Moleskins before, but I intend to do so again. My blog, my rules. So there. The Moleskin is the perfect notebook. Acid free paper that doesn't easily bleed through (although I prefer pencil anyway). It has an elastic strap to keep it closed, a built in bookmark, and a handy pocket at the back. The binding never comes apart, and it opens flat for writing.
I'm happy that they've become popular because they are now much more readily available. I used to have to order them from overseas, but now there are lots of local resellers who stock them. Strangely, though, their prices have skyrocketed since becoming trendy—I'd have thought the additional production would have driven prices down. But they're still worth every penny.
Well, maybe not every penny. Not those rare misprinted pennies that are worth like tens of thousands of dollars. But Moleskins are certainly worth every normal penny. And a bunch of other coins, too, maybe even by the handful. They're that good.
