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– WS Graham, Poetry Scotland, No. 3 July 1946; reprinted in NFM, pp. 379-83

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky
Typographic quote on a teal background stating that a poem is made of words, not feelings, attributed to W.S. Graham (Poetry Scotland, 1946), with the site northseapoets.com and a small circular wave logo.
September 23, 2026 at 7:02 PM
jnshaumeyer.bsky.social
"Equality is not a dream. It is a decision.
—UN Secretary-General António Guterres, 22 September 2026

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Secretary-General Opens 81st Session of General Assembly Debate
A wide view of the General Assembly Hall as Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) opens the general debate of the General Assembly's eighty-first session. The theme for the debate is "Restori...
media.un.org
September 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM
northseapoets.bsky.social
– Yang Lianke, The Art of Fiction No. 269. Paris Review, Summer 2026

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky
Quote about self‑censorship saying authors gain the greatest freedom when not writing for publication; credited to The Art of Fiction No. 269, Paris Review (Summer 2026), with site credit northseapoets.com and a small circular wave logo.
September 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
northseapoets.bsky.social
– Marina Tsvetaeva, Art in the Light of Conscience

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky
Inspirational quote by Marina Tsvetaeva on a teal background asserting that poets endure because everything returns them to "the element of elements: the word."
September 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
deanlemans.github.io.web.brid.gy
Body meta note for linking to everything related to body, that’s not linked to anything bc im lazy No poo/hair qualitt [[Wetshaving]] My Suplement Stack [[Workout research]] [[Longlivity]] sleep_optimization see also Testament my_PKM [[commonplacebook]] .
September 8, 2026 at 6:32 AM
northseapoets.bsky.social
– Teju Cole, Every Day Is For The Thief

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky
Teju Cole quote about communities needing something to call their own while also engaging globally so works (e.g., Molière in Lagos, Soyinka in London) can become part of universal culture; credited to Every Day Is For The Thief, northseapoets.com with a small wave logo.
September 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
foxcraftianarts.bsky.social
That's my first ever livestream all finished! Thank you to all those who tuned in 🧡 You can rewatch it here, a tour of my arty journal: youtube.com/live/ONHOPy6...

#scrapbook #sketchbook #artjournal #traditionalart #noAI #foxes #commonplacebook #sketchbooktour
Art Journal & Commonplace Book Tour | A Peek Inside My Creative Journal
YouTube video by Foxcraftian Arts
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August 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
jnshaumeyer.bsky.social
"There is such thing as greatness. More specifically, there is such thing as thickness. Great works of fiction—for that matter, great works of any art—unfurl in response to your attention. The more time you spend with them, the more you get out of them."
—Adam Mastroianni [below]
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#CommonplaceBook
I like 'em thick
OR: an apology to my English teachers
substack.com
August 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
jnshaumeyer.bsky.social
“Love is a game that two can play and both can win.”
—"popularized" by Zsa Zsa Gabor

[source below, worth a read]

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7 THINGS I LEARNED FROM WILL SHORTZ
We’ve recorded 623 episodes of my podcast Hello, Puzzlers! – but we just released a very, very special episode (yes, two very’s!).
experimentalliving.substack.com
August 17, 2026 at 8:19 PM
locuscommunis.com
Locus Communis is built around your cohort: the few readers your book travels to. Notes begin private, sealed in your browser, unreadable to us. Widen one and it travels only as far as you turn the dial: your cohort, or a club reading it with you. Never wider.

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August 7, 2026 at 7:00 PM
jnshaumeyer.bsky.social
"A critical part of human development—in fact, the most human part of human development—is to acquire a purpose."
-Adam Mastroianni, "Incentives are for losers", 5 Aug 2026

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A narrow, wide book with handwritten recipes the writer has discovered and thought worth keeping (i.e., a "Commonplace Book")
August 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
#commonplacebook reading, abundance, maybe some hopeful green shoots. Read to the end for a picture of me weeding out the less good green shoots.
https://lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/08/commonplace-book-reading-abundance.html
Commonplace book: reading, abundance, green shoots
Mandy Brown argues that the attention economy is misnamed (HT Sentiers). Reading is the art of attention. What a mess we’ve made of that...
lbj20.blogspot.com
August 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
laurajames.eurosky.social
#CommonplaceBook reading, abundance, maybe some hopeful green shoots (and I didn't even mention @hopeful.technology !). Read to the end for a picture of me weeding out the less good green shoots.
lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/08/comm...
August 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
foxcraftianarts.bsky.social
I adore journaling about topics I enjoy, it’s a nice way to practice art and layout as well. Also peaceful and grounding 🦋 Do you like to journal on specific topics? I’ll link to my video on it in the comments

#artjournal #commonplacebook #commonplace #scrapbook #butterfly #tortoiseshell
An arty journal spread with information about tortoiseshell butterflies and interactive elements
July 24, 2026 at 11:22 AM
mosobot64.bsky.social
My Commonplace Book Entry on Leonardo Da Vinci, and how he revolutionized painting and science!

youtube.com/shorts/or3WB...

#artist #journaling #commonplacebook #artistsoninstagram #vlog
Moses’ Commonplace Book: Leonardo Da Vinci!
YouTube video by Moses AKA Mosobot64
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July 24, 2026 at 4:32 AM
northseapoets.bsky.social
– Andrew Johnston, Birds of Europe: poems.

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky
Poem excerpt reading "The way we say Home...we dream of crocuses opening," reflecting on home and longing; credited to Andrew Johnston, Birds of Europe: poems, with NorthSeaPoets.com and a small circular sea logo.
July 16, 2026 at 8:03 PM
northseapoets.bsky.social
– Fernando Pessoa, letter to himself

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Turquoise graphic presenting a Fernando Pessoa quote about creating fictitious personalities and dividing his humanity among various authorial selves, credited "letter to himself," with the URL northseapoets.com and a small circular wave logo.
July 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
laurajames.eurosky.social
#CommonplaceBook far too much AI stuff but also maybe a bit of hope. https://
lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/07/commonplace-book-far-too-much-ai-but.html Thanks @miaout.bsky.social @lu.is @ntnsndr.in @jjn1.bsky.social et al for sharing interesting links over recent months
July 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
laura.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
#commonplacebook far too much AI stuff but also maybe a bit of hope. https://lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/07/commonplace-book-far-too-much-ai-but.html HT @mia @luis_in_brief @ntnsndr et al for sharing interesting links over recent months
Commonplace book: far too much AI but maybe also some hope
First, calendars. This is of interest as I find my way around the communities in my new area . LAUTI has written a generous how-to on run...
lbj20.blogspot.com
July 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
northseapoets.bsky.social
– Joseph Brodsky, Less Than One

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetryCommunity #Poet #LiteraryQuotes #Poetry #Quotes #ReadMore #QuoteOfTheDay #PoetryLovers
A quote from Joseph Brodsky against a dark teal background. The text reads: 'The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.' – Joseph Brodsky, Less Than One.' northseapoets.com. The North Sea Poets logo is in the bottom right corner.
July 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
amndw2.bsky.social
...and now I'm down a Reddit r/commonplacebook/ rabbit hole, feverishly scribbling notes (for the epilogue to my book, hopefully!) on the role of aesthetic self-presentation in modern-day commonplacing as compared to the C19 examples I've been looking at.
June 30, 2026 at 1:51 AM
jnshaumeyer.bsky.social
"It’s deeply distressing to Americans across the political spectrum to see a president so incompetent and so incapable attempting and failing to represent the nation internationally.”
—Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA), 16 June 2026

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June 17, 2026
A senior U.S.
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June 19, 2026 at 11:44 PM
northseapoets.bsky.social
– Marguerite Duras, Writing

#NorthSeaPoets #CommonplaceBook #PoetrySky
A quote from Marguerite Duras against a dark teal background. The text reads: 'To write is to attempt to know what we would write if we were to write.' – Marguerite Duras, Writing.' northseapoets.com. The North Sea Poets logo is in the bottom right corner.
June 12, 2026 at 9:00 PM
jnshaumeyer.bsky.social
"I don’t know how things will turn out, but I am committed to something other than this — the current structure and state of this world. We can live differently."
—Mariama Kaba, 22 January 2026 [in the essay below]

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Read This If You're New and Trying to Find Your Way
Abolitionist organizer and author Mariame Kaba offers youth living through the current crises a renewed perspective on how to move forward.
inthesetimes.com
June 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM