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La Vie Graphite visits Walden Pond

"Between a welcome such as that received by Thoreau, by “the glassy smoothness of the sleeping lake,” and the embraces of loved ones, profound significance and meaning are added to our days. Places and experiences to be kept close to heart..."

You can almost hear the rustling of leaves.

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©2010 Photo by the author

Inspiration: On My Road

A high school friend — I’ll call him Raymond — was in trouble. He’d been breaking into houses for thrills in our rich little white suburb of Boston. The police finally nabbed him; he was charged as a delinquent and shipped off to reform school in Austin, Tex., from which he sent back fearsome reports. In June of 1964, with school done for the year, I decided, in solidarity, to visit him.

Greyhound had a deal: an all-purpose, go-anywhere, good-for-a-year bus ticket for $100. I scraped the money together, bought the ticket, then told my parents. Fireworks. But I went anyway, with a promise that I’d check in with family en route. The next day I was on a bus out of Park Square station, with a way-too-big suitcase and a bag of books, headed south.

"On the Road
By Holland Cotter
The New York Times

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Ke-Ta Suzuki's Travel Notebook

Last weekend, I went to Nara and visited some temples. I made a simple sketch of the temples on Traveler's
Notebook   while watching the evening glow in Nigatsu-do of Todaiji. You can see nice view of Nara from there because Nigatsu-do is built with a commanding height. It is very calm.  The best place to look back at your life and think about your future.

Traveler's Notebook is marketed by Japanese stationery company "Midori". The concept is "for everyone who loves a travel". The composition is really simple - a cover and a rubber band. The leather made in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The notebook made in Japan. You can customize yours with several types of notebook and some items. From last year, a small boom is happening among people who loves stationery in Japan.
 
View my photo set of Traveler's Notebook 

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Ke-Ta Suzuki
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Notebook Stall

These photos were taken at the Utah Arts Festival held at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City. The festival is a large outdoor event that spans 4 days and features a wide variety of artists, performers, and vendors. This particular vendor specialized in selling handmade leather journals and I thought his display was very appealing so I took a few photos.

Here is a link that explains more about it:

There is definitely a lot to see there and I had a great time today walking around and taking photos.

Lexi
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Catfish Hotel, about 1985

On the St. Johns River, North of Lone Cabbage.

"This was drawn from a F2 Photomic shot taken about 15 years ago. It"s a "Florida cracker's" fish camp  accessable only boat, preferrably an air boat. This was seen across the St. Johns River in the Tossahatchee game presserve, West of Cocoa Florida. I wandered there are looking for the few buildings that remain from a time when Florida was mostly unoccupied.

I have kept sketch books for years. Llately to keep my fingers in shape, I've done more books using  archived
images from public sources, particularly from the depression era.

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Paris Sketches

"In June of this year I found myself in Paris on business and was able to stay an extra five glorious days for exploration and discovery. Here are a few pages from my sketchbook of that trip...

I was by myself which I didn’t mind a bit, and decided to wander each day with no particular plan or agenda. I just followed my nose as they say, and soaked it all in. I ended up not visiting a single site that required a ticket or a wait in line. I didn’t even go into any art museums (except for gift shops, of course!). I did a ton of walking, people watching, a bit of shopping and some fun sketching. Most of my sketching was done from sidewalk cafes with a café au lait or glass of champagne for moral support. Very refined!.."

Martha
View her works at "Trumpetvine"

© 2006 By the author

Okinawa Traveler's Notebook

I created Okinawa's own guide book of Midori Traveler's notebook. Activity, Beach, Diner, Various information is packaged within the notebook.

KE-TA

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The Provence Sketchbook

I rebound a 1947 edition of "Perfume from Provence" written by the Honorable Lady Fortescue and illustrated by EH Shepard (of "Winnie-the-Pooh" fame), to use as my sketchbook on my first trip to France. I reused the cover and inserted original pages back into the new text block which was made from Arches and Waterford hot and cold pressed watercolour papers and Stonehenge paper.

Jan and Roly
The Provence Sketchbook

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Storybook England

"What do Harry Potter, Thomas the Tank Engine, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Black Beauty have in common? Their stories are set in England, as are those of Mary Poppins, Paddington Bear and Peter Pan.

Hoping to lure more young visitors to Britain, the National Tourist Office recently capitalized on this children's literary heritage (and let's be honest, the subsequent movie adaptations) and put together an interactive Web map of hundreds of story locations.

They range from Platform 9¾ in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (at King's Cross Station, complete with a trolley disappearing into a brick wall) to the real "Secret Garden," at Great Maytham Hall, immortalized in Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel.

The map, which can be downloaded at www.storybookengland.com, is filled with educational information and links relating to more than 40 famous children's stories set in Britain..."

Record Online

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[via Chris M.]

Thief can't steal cyclist's grit

"Rune Monstad pedaled his mountain bike up to the grocery about 10 p.m. Monday.

After surviving a treacherous winter ride through the Andes, after fighting off countless attacks from dogs and a robbery attempt in Colombia, and after riding 16,000 miles on moxie and a sunny disposition, the Norwegian national had a simple phone call to make.
  Rune Monstad of Norway
  Zoom Joshua Trujillo / P-I
  Rune Monstad of Norway, who is cycling around the world, is shown in a Fremont alley on Thursday near the spot where his passport and money were stolen.

 

Cycling around much of Central and South America, Mexico and the United States, Monstad had arrived in one of the safest neighborhoods in one of the safest cities in the United States.

 

Welcome to Fremont.

 

So when Monstad parked his bicycle in front of Marketime Foods on Fremont Avenue after spending the day pedaling 160 miles from Wenatchee, the last thing he expected was to be robbed...."

John Natto
Seattle.pi

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[Thanks John!]