Look what arrived in my mail today!  A few months ago, my multi-talented friend and fellow writer Ros, who blogs at Conversational Theology, did a Facebook meme offering a personal handmade gift to the first 5 people who commented.  Knowing her skills at all things crafty, I jumped at the offer — and am glad I did, after opening the package!  Enclosed were these two Moleskin notebooks — one lined, one unlined — which she personalized for me (in my favorite color) with prettied-up covers, fabric endpapers, pockets, and even handwritten quotes about writing tucked inside the pages.  

Among the quotes:

“However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.” —Jean Jacques Rousseau

“To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.”  —Anne Rice

“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.” —Samuel Johnson

“Don’t get it right, just get it written!” —James Thurber

Also inside was a note written on this beautiful notecard, from the Bodleian Library at Oxford (where she has studied), featuring Victorian children’s books.  How perfect!

Thanks, Ros, for such a thoughtful and personal gift.  Just the thing to inspire me to do a bit of writing as I head into the weekend!

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