I've been remiss.

Stickler, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin..

For like, 8 months.

Here's a start.

I know it's another non-Moleskine post. It's exam week,... back soon.

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"To do" list.

"To do" list., originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

I haven't scanned Moleskine pages in some time, but thought this might count. It's a letter from a very creative friend. I loved the letter -- which was typewritten -- and the "to do" list. Words to live by.

Okay, I know it's not a Moleskine page....

I've never been a bit fan of memes (or of most blogs), but thought this one was right up my alley. I found it on Cranky Epistles

There are simple rules:

Look at the list of books below.
* Bold the ones you’ve read
* Italicize the ones you want to read
* Leave blank the ones that you aren’t interested in.
* If you are reading this, tag, you’re it!

My list follows this unformatted list.

1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolsoy) – One of the classics on my list
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

Mine:
1. The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry) – Outstanding and highly recommended!
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving) – Have read most of his others
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald) – On the “To Read” pile
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) – One of the classics on my list
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel) – – #3 of 3 on my “Didn’t Like” list
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) – One of the classics on my list
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley) – Loved this
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) – Another truly outstanding book.
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy) – One of the classics on my list
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) – One of the classics on my list
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver) – #2 of 3 on my “Didn’t Like” list
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence) – Canadian Classic!
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood) – un autre Canadian Classic (Oryx & Crake is better)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) – One of the classics on my list
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolsoy) – One of the classics on my list
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davies) – Canadian Classic
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo) – One of the classics on my list
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) – Read it in French
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje) – #1 of 3 on my “Didn’t Like” list
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence) – Canadian Classic
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley) – Canadian Classic
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen) – One of the classics on my list
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje) – On the “To Read” pile
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd) – On the “To Read” pile
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce) – One of the classics on my list

From my hiking journal

nut pt 2003.2, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

I had to head on back to the archives to pull this one out. That means only one thing. I'd better hop to scanning more Moleskine pages.

This is from a 2003 trip to Nut Point (a.k.a. my favourite place on earth). This trip was my longest; I spent a full week at the Point. My quietest; had company only one of the nights (including a two guys from P.A. who cut down a live tree for their fire. Dorks!). My fastest; the hike out took me under 6 hours. I was covered in salt lines!

I think it was also my best trip until then and since (so far). C's not so keen on the hiking part, so we might have to boat to the Point and day-hike in the area.

Too much time on my hands

Too much time on my hands, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Originally posted to Flickr in June, it remains on of my most popular photos. C bought me a bunch (and I do mean a bunch) of gel pens, and after using a couple that didn't work, I decided to test them all out. The end result got photographed.

Took a long time,...

Took a long time,..., originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

... to eat all this fruit.

Especially because I don't really like fruit. I don't eat bananas in the summer (mosquitos like me more if I've eaten bananas). I don't eat grapefruit or any oranges other than Mandarin (too much skin and other fibre-y bits). I don't eat mangoes (too sweet). I'm not a fan of papayas, Macintosh apples, Golden Delicious apples or green kiwifruit.

Grapes and Pink Lady apples are okay, but since they are in bags, they don't come with fruit stickers. Yellow kiwifruit and B.C. cherries are my absolute favourites, but are available only in August or September. I love passionfruit, but have yet to find it in Canada.

Travel Moleskine cover

Travel Moleskine cover, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

From my very first-purchased and first-filled Moleskine.

War = tragedy

War = tragedy, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

From the Quote Book originally posted to DNM.ca on Dec. 1, 2006

Anyone who knows me, also knows that I was a bit of an activist at the start of the Iraq war. Given my Mennonite grandfather’s pacifist roots, this is hardly surprising. Anyhoo,... here’s a couple pages from around that time.

Quote book cover

Quote book cover, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Originally posted to DNM.ca on Dec. 15th, 2006.

Anyone who has:
a) been to a pub with me
b) read a DNM
c) both

knows that I write down snippets of conversations in a notebook, for later “publication” in DNM.

What most people don’t know is that I collect all sorts of “real” quotes too.

The graffiti quote was from a photo I took in Melbourne in 1999 and the photo of the trees is a hand coloured B&W scan of a photo I took on Vancouver Is. in about 1988.

12 angry fish

12 angry fish, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Constructed August 2006, and originally posted to DNM.ca on Dec. 20, 2006.

I’d always clipped funny bits from magazines and saved them to make collage-letters to friends. However, in the past half-dozen years, everyone’s use of snail-mail has all but stopped. My conundrum, then, was what to do with all the scraps of paper I’d collected in a box?

The answer presented itself as I trying to find ways to start filling up those blank Moleskines with something other than lists or travel notes.

One of the first appears above.

Jung,... who knew?

You scored as C.G. Jung. You are more of a spiritualist than would be immediately apparent. Some of your notions are questioned by the cynical, but deep down you know the human consciousness is more than the flesh and tissue can account for. You tend to take a scientific observationist look on matters the average person wouldn't even begin to analyze. You personally are responsible for most of the ideas that are floating around in modern psychologist's/psychic's paltry little skulls. On the down side, you tend to be associated with that asshole Freud. C.G. Jung 100% Dante Alighieri 92% Adolf Hitler 83% Friedrich Nietzsche 75% Charles Manson 58% Jesus Christ 58% Steven Morrissey 58% Sigmund Freud 50% Mother Teresa 42% O.J. Simpson 33% Stephen Hawking 33% Miyamoto Musashi 25% Hugh Hefner 25% Elvis Presley 17% What Pseudo Historical Figure Best Suits You? created with QuizFarm.com

Obsessions 002/003

Obsessions 002/003, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

I, for reasons only my family understands, saved all the paper inserts from all my Moleskines. A had a pretty big stack of them saved. I have no idea why.

So, over the course of a couple weeks, I painstakingly cut out all the little Moleskine pictures from each insert and pasted them in another Moleskine.

FM2 to D50 in a single leap.

FM2 to D50 in a single leap., originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

This appeared in a paper DNM, I believe, but given that it's one of my first attempts at actually drawing somthing, I thought it deserved another chance at some "exposure". ;)

Where's indigo?

Where's indigo?, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Mmmm,... Van Gogh Moleskines with silk covers. I can’t bring myself to use them since they have even more “Intimidation Factor” than the plain ol’ black ones.

Originally posted to DNM.ca on Dec. 20, 2006:
As I had written in DNM (Vol. VII, Iss. 3) one must overcome the intimidation factor when it comes to using a Moleskine. For me, both inspiration and intimidation came from others who scanned and posted their Moleskine pages on Flickr.

Test post for the new Moleskine Anablog

Obsessions 006/007, originally uploaded by kiwêhowin.

Thought this would be a good test post for my Moleskine journal posts. This might be a much better way to post, since the dnm.ca site I make most of my posts to gets far too bogged down sometimes. And,... to make matters worse, unless I post to the mac.com site, there's no way to allow comments there. Boo. That's what I get for taking the easy way out.

Anyway, this is my map of my favourite hike in the entire world. Not that I've been to the entire world, but you get the idea.