Keeping a Book of Centuries
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The Keeping Life

At - tending

"Mason had shown me that the notebooks can be forms of vitality, literally the shape and outline, the liturgy of the attentive life. They nurture the science of relations and the art of mindfulness. They teach us to see the very brief beauty of now, to know the landscape of here, to be present in all our pleasures and pains. Through them, we, haltingly, dwell in a world of ideas and connections with an ever-higher opinion of God and his works and as truer students of Divinity."  
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To Keep (verb) 

: to continue having or holding (something)
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​: to not return, lose, sell, give away, or throw away (something)

: to continue in a specified state, condition, or position

: to cause (someone or something) to continue in a specified state, condition, or position.
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"Forging the Future with the Tip of the Pen."

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Girl reading by Tatiana Nilovna Yablonskaya, Soviet artist, 1917-2005
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In a Digital Chapter, Paper Notebooks are as Relevant as Ever

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from Amber...

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"The three younger boys needed new copy books since we aren't using a handwriting curriculum this year. One way to encourage being a keeper is to use quality materials. I didn't want to use a composition book because we use those all the time and they have too many pages. I think it's important that your first copy book be small so you can enjoy filling it up. Their handwriting improves so much in the first year that it's also encouraging to begin afresh before too long. I had such a hard time trying to find a boyish solution that I finally gave up and made my own. I bought a Moleskine 3pack, printed out some antique illustrations and broke out the rubber cement. They can't wait till Monday...."
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Alfabeto by Luca Barcellona
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All images and words copyright Emma Fick. Isn't this inspiring for the "Enquire Within?" (Kajmak is a kind of quick Serbian cheese)
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"Here's Why Writing Things Out by Hand Makes You Smarter"
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Isaac Israels 1865-1934
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Book of Centuries, Mary Ellis Ferguson, 13 yrs, Albany, TX
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visiting collection of rare manuscripts, Lilly Library, University of Indiana, Bloomington
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"The Art of Handwritten Letters is Alive and Well, thank you"
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click for more beautiful illuminations
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embroidery letters
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Arthur Lismer, "My Wife, Sackville River"
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  • One Hundred Days
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