I’ll admit to being tempted by the latest Colours (Shenadoah) but the thought of *really* liking them, and never being able to get them again always puts me off. Birding, she writes, taught her “to befriend failure.” Nobody cares if she spots the bird she headed out to see. NONFICTION: A novice birder finds beauty in nature along with a new way to live. That said, there is a whole world of great notebooks out there that I felt I was missing out on and so I changed what I took around with me, switching to carrying two notebooks in my trusty Davis Leatherworks cover. Then I realized that my Field Notes subscription had lapsed and I had to renew it in order to get the most recent Colors subscription. She was looking, she said, for “something that will … bring me peace, without having to do yoga.”, Birding was something she tried on a whim. If you’re not worried about using fountain pens then this standard Field Notes notebook does the job. I decided to just do a great big round-up of the currently available editions for 2019: Group Eleven, Autumn Trilogy, National Parks, Mile Marker and Wilco. It kept scores in card games, was used for quick little sketches and for lists of my son’s birthday presents and of things to do for my parents’ golden wedding anniversary. REVIEW: 'Field Notes From an Unintentional Birder,' by Julia Zarankin. Are you paying for the fluff or the paper and product? I’ll give those a try. The Wilco x Field Notes is still a total treat. town lashes back at George Floyd, his uncle over flag fight, Health officials: New Minn. virus milestone shows significant transmission, Minnesota political leaders get ready for postelection legal fights, Doctor says Trump won't transmit virus, stays mum on tests, Minnesota schools face challenges of counting students from afar, The swamp that Trump built: How the president reinvented D.C.'s culture of favor-seeking, Sen. Tina Smith works to forge her own positive identity in the Senate, Two Loons players test positive for COVID-19; Sunday's game postponed, With business down more than a third, restaurants dreading winter chill, From unfinished Minneapolis basement to ultimate retreat, including sauna, A young mother, a cancer diagnosis and a year of grieving, Security firm recruiting armed vets to guard polls from 'Antifas', Target HQ employees won't go back downtown until June 2021, Her words: Amy Coney Barrett on faith, precedent, abortion, The Latest: Iran has new daily high in virus deaths -- 251, A look at Judge Amy Coney Barrett's notable opinions, votes, Precedent, recusal, Roe: A court nomination viewer's guide, A senior warning sign for Trump: 'Go Biden' cry at Villages, List: U.S. Nobel Prize winners in literature, Review: 'The Lost Pianos of Siberia,' by Sophy Roberts, Review: 'A Guest of the Reich: The Story of American Heiress Gertrude Legendre's Dramatic Captivity and Escape From Nazi Germany,' by Peter Finn, Review: 'The Man Who Ran Washington,' by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser. Mile Marker shipped with a map of the US and Group Eleven shipped with a 2020 desk calendar. In order to get all twelve editions in open stock, you have to order packs A, B, C and D at $12.95 each. Field Notes notebooks are a pocketable 3.5″ by 5.5″ (9 cm by 14 cm), with 48 pages held in place with three strong staples. Previously, she was a writer and editor at Minnesota Monthly magazine and at the Duluth News-Tribune. Field Notes From an Unintentional Birder My pack of three Field Notes notebooks was sent to me as part of the sponsorship deal I have with Pocket Notebooks, a great independent UK business, definitely worth checking out if you’re this side of the pond. The Epic Refill Reference Guide: Rollerball, Gel and Ballpoints, Our FREE Downloadable Guide Sheets: Turn a Blank Notebook into a Lined Notebook, Pencil Sharpener Review: Høvel Pencil Plane, A Beginner's Dive into Ring-Bound Planners: Part 2 - Planner Sizes. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Learn how your comment data is processed. Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), View penspaperpencils’s profile on Facebook, View penspaperpencils’s profile on Instagram, Link Love: Have Notebook, Will Traveler? The National Parks edition is great for the outdoorsy folks. It had “unexpected vermillion patches” on its wings and a sound “so primal it left me marveling: this was as close as I’d ever stand to dinosaurs.”. I know what you mean about the Colours editions but fear it may now be too late for me…, I like the idea of the ruler in the back cover but get annoyed by it being in inches! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Born in the Soviet Union, Zarankin spent her childhood shuttling between Odessa, where her grandparents lived; Leningrad, where her mother studied; and Petrozavodsk, where her father worked.