July 2, 2009
Keel’s Simple Diary (because sometimes blogging is too hard)
Once upon a time, back before there were blogs, people kept diaries, the paper kind, where they wrote down what they did each day and what they ate and what they dreamed. And then we started blogging and now everything is public, and if you’re like me, you sometimes long for those old paper diaries, the ones with the leather covers and the silk bookmarks.
Keel’s Simple Diary is the solution to blog overload; it is an elegant marriage of old school diary and newfangled Plinky prompts. The diary itself is sleek and retro and cool, with a faux leather cover and that silk bookmark. But it’s what’s inside that really makes this book fun.
Each page consists of a series of prompts, options that, on their own, don’t really make any sense. Then again, keeping a diary doesn’t really make any sense, if you think about it, so having these haphazard jumping off points can be the best way to start writing.
Through a combination of check the box and fill in the blank, you’re able to record your day. Some pages have drawings or premade lists; others provide actual empty lines for writing. The end result is a hodgepodge of breezy commentary, rather than a detailed account of what you ate for lunch, which is really what the best diaries are all about.
Phillip Keel, the creator of Simple Diary, was looking for a way to break out of the technology rut. “We live in a world of too much,” he writes, and we feel this overabundance the most in our relationship with technology.
Keel’s Simple Diary Volume One is available in six cheery colors for $15.00; Volume Two will be out soon. Order yours today and take a break from the blog. Your brain will thank you.
My copy of Keel’s Simple Diary was provided by the book’s publicist.
Posted by Susan @ 12:30 pm • pretty things
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July 2nd, 2009 at 5:01 pm, blackbird Says:
Plinky.
I love that word.
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:24 pm, kat Says:
i have one of these and love it! it’s one of those - gosh i wish i had come up with this myself - kind of thing.
July 4th, 2009 at 1:04 am, Christy Says:
I am SO getting one of these. Great idea!