tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post5288712192635102434..comments2023-11-28T22:47:40.465-05:00Comments on Tales from FAR Manor: Let’s Go To the (Blog) Hop!Larry Kollarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-79601355566265066302011-11-16T08:22:00.783-05:002011-11-16T08:22:00.783-05:00Hi Danni! I'll bet writing took your mind off ...Hi Danni! I'll bet writing took your mind off the flight, too. The only drawback with a Moleskine is that it's not as easy to decorate as some of your other notebooks.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-54897085949865771302011-11-15T22:41:26.285-05:002011-11-15T22:41:26.285-05:00It's true that the writer's mind really ne...It's true that the writer's mind really never shuts down. I was scribbling things in the airports and the plane last weekend as I traveled. I have some kind of notebook w/me at all times, although I have yet to purchase a Moleskin. That just got added to my next shopping list. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-37908956369205055982011-11-14T23:37:56.607-05:002011-11-14T23:37:56.607-05:00Hey all!
Icy, maybe next time you can join us? ;-...Hey all!<br /><br />Icy, maybe next time you can join us? ;-) Yeah, the A6 size is pretty handy for portability. If you're never caught out without your laptop, though, it's not as necessary.<br /><br />Sonia, I have a bad habit of thinking about what I want to write before I start scribbling. Probably a habit from pre-computer days, when the word "rewrite" meant exactly that!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-43200031537584646352011-11-14T15:33:23.104-05:002011-11-14T15:33:23.104-05:00I love the pictures! I got lots of piles of torn n...I love the pictures! I got lots of piles of torn notepaper or looseleaf like that. <br /><br />And I have a lot more scratched out line and scribbling in the margins than you have in those photos.Sonia Lalhttp://storytreasury.wordprss.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-42385697119667691312011-11-14T15:12:31.302-05:002011-11-14T15:12:31.302-05:00I always love seeing how people work. I have the t...I always love seeing how people work. I have the tiny A6 Moleskine notebooks but I don't use them as much as I should.Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-83044683172040206292011-11-13T22:24:30.919-05:002011-11-13T22:24:30.919-05:00Hey Boran — yeah, I really enjoyed it. You might w...Hey Boran — yeah, I really enjoyed it. You might want to hit a couple other links to see what some other people did with it. Some got really creative.<br /><br />That was a relatively older pic of Mason, from Feb, but like I said he still likes to grab. This morning, <a href="http://farmanor.tumblr.com/post/12738658415/mason-helped-me-write-this-morning" rel="nofollow">he decided to help me write a little too</a>!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-12924836234915074282011-11-13T20:08:42.643-05:002011-11-13T20:08:42.643-05:00This is a wonderful idea! It's great seeing t...This is a wonderful idea! It's great seeing the photos of your works in progress, Far! Kinda like the stages of my paintings. ;-)<br /><br />And Mason is too cute!boran2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10483728578007756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-57115272827954148722011-11-13T13:37:31.349-05:002011-11-13T13:37:31.349-05:00Helen, if you get a thin writing journal you could...Helen, if you get a thin writing journal you could carry both around almost as easily as one. I don't *journal* so much as write down stories (or scraps) as they come to me. Like you said, the "ah ha moments."<br /><br />Crafty, it is very useful! Like having the cellphone camera, it's always with me even if it doesn't always do what I'd like. However, I was able to get a good pic of a bird who'd hit the side of our building recently — he was stunned enough to sit still and let me get within 2-1/2 feet (about 80cm I guess).Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-78413832218474655422011-11-13T10:53:54.599-05:002011-11-13T10:53:54.599-05:00Looks like a good way of writing! Very useful to a...Looks like a good way of writing! Very useful to always have a notebook with youCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-78719066296158363512011-11-13T00:32:39.039-05:002011-11-13T00:32:39.039-05:00I loved all those bits of paper and really liked t...I loved all those bits of paper and really liked the idea of lunch being sweet tea pizza, note book and pen!<br /><br />I only have one journal given me this year on my 60th birthday to record this 60th year, but you know I think I might just get into the writing journal thingy and carry one around with me for those ah ha moments.<br /><br />^__^Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-41490828240477333422011-11-12T22:49:55.570-05:002011-11-12T22:49:55.570-05:00Maria, they *are* nice. I found myself wondering w...Maria, they *are* nice. I found myself wondering why I spent that much on a notebook for a while, but by the time I filled it up, I knew why & bought another one! Mason is definitely a clever kid. He's got his dad's (and granddad's) imagination, for sure.<br /><br />Natalie, the restaurant was just something I fell into. I was really bummed when they shut down to move, and had to find a new "my table" when they reopened at the new location. Of course, the staff turned over, but the new folks are getting in the groove now. And yes, pizza (or a spaghetti place with a side salad) is great writing fuel!Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-23917500110173723652011-11-12T18:06:11.057-05:002011-11-12T18:06:11.057-05:00I hadn't thought about it like that before but...I hadn't thought about it like that before but yes, I guess we writers are always working!<br /><br />I love that you have a lunch place that knows you and knows what you'll be ordering :) finding somewhere to feel comfortable enough to just sit and write is always a bonus...especially if pizza is involved!Natalie Westgatehttp://nataliewestgate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-56883518945144608282011-11-12T18:00:02.080-05:002011-11-12T18:00:02.080-05:00Love the little mini-moleskine. I should check tho...Love the little mini-moleskine. I should check those out. I need a pocket notebook for my purse. The picture of Mason is priceless. Yup, I think he's going to be a writer. He just has that look. <br /><br />Nice photos of the paper and journals, too.Joz Varlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750541029227514781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-38257671813960669592011-11-11T23:13:05.296-05:002011-11-11T23:13:05.296-05:00Hi Adam! Good to see you back. If you do take pics...Hi Adam! Good to see you back. If you do take pics, send me a link so I'll be able to see them. This bloghop was a lot of fun to do — I hope I get invited to some others, or come up with an idea or two of my own.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-52469061034514001892011-11-11T22:18:50.114-05:002011-11-11T22:18:50.114-05:00Nice penmanship.
Might have to take a photo of my ...Nice penmanship.<br />Might have to take a photo of my collection of paperwork I call my journals.<br />Adam B @revhappinessAdam Bhttp://afullnessinbrevity.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-16903269844329146632011-11-11T21:21:36.961-05:002011-11-11T21:21:36.961-05:00Hi all!
Anne, I used a bounce flash and I think s...Hi all!<br /><br />Anne, I used a bounce flash and I think some of the light reflected off the light wood of the headboard. Some of the paper was just colored like that already too.<br /><br />JohnW, <a href="http://farmanor.blogspot.com/2011/11/weekend-wibbles.html" rel="nofollow">I posted one of Mason in his Halloween outfit</a> last week. I don't scribble notes on him; he won't hold still long enough!<br /><br />Cherie, same here — but I like the pocket Moleskine because I don't have to think about picking it up. It's already in my pocket.<br /><br />Tammy, I hope so! The first time he grabbed my writing stuff, I asked him if he was going to write a story. He responded with a string of vowels that (if I could only have translated it) was surely the plot to the Next Huge Series.<br /><br />Michael, I've never had my handwriting described as "elegant" before!<br /><br />Marianne, I try to be careful about mixing pizza and writing. There's probably some splatters on some of those pages.<br /><br />Thanks, Julie!<br /><br />Tony, I still use notepads on occasion when the pocket Moleskine feels a little too cramped.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-22680155144982052032011-11-11T15:33:48.246-05:002011-11-11T15:33:48.246-05:00I did the scraps-of-paper thing for awhile, but mo...I did the scraps-of-paper thing for awhile, but moved to a notebook once I started needing to write down more than a phone number or a few sentences.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-20349416771941487032011-11-11T14:28:33.479-05:002011-11-11T14:28:33.479-05:00"As I wrote a couple weeks ago, writers are w..."As I wrote a couple weeks ago, writers are working when we’re staring out the window — but the downside to that is that we’re always working. So having a way to get words on paper when the ideas are coming, but the keyboard isn’t available, is crucial."<br /><br />Totally agree!!!!<br />Thanks for sharing.<br />Julie/J.A. Campbell/FirewolfJ.A. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02156613488285669190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-13560553285937433932011-11-11T13:55:18.740-05:002011-11-11T13:55:18.740-05:00What? No pizza stains on the paper? I enjoyed re...What? No pizza stains on the paper? I enjoyed reading about your process and how that involves journals. Love Mason's pj's - almost as cute as he is.Marianne Suhttp://www.mariannesu.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-58341379407861704912011-11-11T12:13:06.226-05:002011-11-11T12:13:06.226-05:00Nice set of notes you have there. They look like t...Nice set of notes you have there. They look like they could have belonged to a 19th century writer with the elegant handwriting. Thanks for posting those.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16518183823230864763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-6844108764925854242011-11-11T11:33:59.723-05:002011-11-11T11:33:59.723-05:00Oh loved your post, Mason is adorable! And hopeful...Oh loved your post, Mason is adorable! And hopefully he will learn from your good example the importance of reading and writing. :) Your handwriting is similiar to mine, loved the pics, really fun. <br />Nice meeting you here in the blog hop! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-44103604264461388832011-11-11T10:37:36.696-05:002011-11-11T10:37:36.696-05:00It is a good idea to keep a notebook handy. For Na...It is a good idea to keep a notebook handy. For NaNoWriMo, I started carrying a notebook with my outlines in it. If I have extra time, like during lunch, I'll pull it out and start writing in a scene I hadn't done yet. I still prefer typing since my keyboard skills tend to keep up with my brain better than my handwriting ones, but it's definitely handy. :)Cherie Reichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16663147386014122939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-86292503086801410452011-11-11T10:25:36.657-05:002011-11-11T10:25:36.657-05:00Hadn't seen a photo of Mason in a while. What ...Hadn't seen a photo of Mason in a while. What a cutey. You ever scribble some notes on him? Always wash it off before Grandma notices.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-41186328024826237472011-11-11T08:45:26.946-05:002011-11-11T08:45:26.946-05:00Wow, I love that first picture with all of your no...Wow, I love that first picture with all of your notes, they feel almost antiqued - no offense:)<br /><br />Cutest grandkid indeed!! And he's showing great taste by picking that Moleskine up.<br /><br />Happy Scribbles Blog Hop ♥Anne Michaudhttp://annecmichaud.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12954391.post-54609755924263598972011-11-11T07:39:28.220-05:002011-11-11T07:39:28.220-05:00Hi Tom, welcome to the free-range insane asylum!
...Hi Tom, welcome to the free-range insane asylum!<br /><br />If you do that, post a link. Most of my surviving scraps are in that first photo. I think the only reason I keep 'em around is just in case I hit it big. Then they could be sold off in a charity auction or something. ;-)Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.com