Q&A with Josh Lanyon discussion
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The Traveling Books of Our Group
It's lovely to see the travelling notebook is still making its way around the world. That book has so many stories. Do we have The Charioteer as one of our travelling books? Is there anyone who hasn't yet read it? I'd be happy to send out a copy if anyone would like to read it.
The book has arrived in California. I will pass on to the next person when I'm finished doing something in the book. OMG! this is so cool.
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Glad to hear the Notebook found you! Carlita is the next person in line. Let us (me or her) know when you need her address. :-)
I have The Charioteer on my wish list and would love to read it
Oh wait there's a notebook to sign? I'm sorry for just sticking my nose in and making the grabby hands.
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I'm happy to add you in the Notebook list, Felice! You're in US, right?
There are so many cool things between our Traveling Notebook's covers already (including a surprise from Josh), so you definitely want to see that. :-)
Johanna wrote: "There are so many cool things between our Traveling Notebook's covers already (including a surprise from Josh), so you definitely want to see that. :-) "That sounds so very intriguing, Johanna - do you think you could add me too, maybe between Sabine and Calathea?
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That sounds so very intrig..."
Absolutely! :-)
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Matthias (US) --> This is where the Notebook currently is.
Carlita (US)
Karen (US)
Felice (US)
Jordan (US)
Alison (New Zealand)
Sabine (Germany)
Varecia (Germany)
Calathea (Germany)
Hambel (UK)
Idamus (Denmark)
I am in the Us, yes. this is so exciting!!
Johanna wrote: "Varecia, you're in Germany, right?"Yes, perfectly right - thank you for adding me to the list!
Varecia wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Varecia, you're in Germany, right?"Yes, perfectly right - thank you for adding me to the list!"
I can bring you the notebook personally, if you like that?!
Sabine wrote: "Varecia wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Varecia, you're in Germany, right?"Yes, perfectly right - thank you for adding me to the list!"
I can bring you the notebook personally, if you like that?!"
*g*
We could meet in the middle. ;-)
Calathea wrote: "Sabine wrote: "Varecia wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Varecia, you're in Germany, right?"Yes, perfectly right - thank you for adding me to the list!"
I can bring you the notebook personally, if you lik..."
Yes, why not? :-) Let's talk about it when the notebook is on its way from New Zealand, it would be nice to meet you two!
If only I could deliver it to Germany...:)
Calathea wrote: "That would be sooo cool! :)"Wouldn't it, though? I would love to meet you guys. I suspect it will be difficult, however. Oh, but a girl can dream! Maybe someday. :)
Alison wrote: "Calathea wrote: "That would be sooo cool! :)"Wouldn't it, though? I would love to meet you guys. I suspect it will be difficult, however. Oh, but a girl can dream! Maybe someday. :)"
There are still couches and such available for that Europe tour, you just need to get up here ;-)
Idamus wrote: "Alison wrote: "Calathea wrote: "That would be sooo cool! :)"Wouldn't it, though? I would love to meet you guys. I suspect it will be difficult, however. Oh, but a girl can dream! Maybe someday. :...
There are still couches and such available for that Europe tour, you just need to get up here ;-)"
Sounds great, Idamus! Thank you. Yes, it's the getting there that's difficult. I am really about as far away from Europe as a person can get, and those really long flights are not cheap. I'm in the exact opposite time zone from GMT, actually. When I have many thousands of dollars saved up, I will come! :)
Alison wrote: "Idamus wrote: "Alison wrote: "Calathea wrote: "That would be sooo cool! :)"Wouldn't it, though? I would love to meet you guys. I suspect it will be difficult, however. Oh, but a girl can dream! M..."
Yeah, the prices are why I've not been to NZ and Canada, I really, really want to take the train through Canada one day
So far I'm sticking to Europe though
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Matthias (US) --> Matthias has now sent it to Carlita.
Carlita (US)
Karen (US)
Felice (US)
Jordan (US)
Alison (New Zealand)
Sabine (Germany)
Varecia (Germany)
Calathea (Germany)
Hambel (UK)
Idamus (Denmark)
I have a suggestion and I want to hear what you guys think of it. What if Carlita would send this notebook to Josh after she has written on its pages and we'd send a brand new one (or two!) traveling? Or... would it be more practical if Carlita would send the notebook to Karen, and Karen to Felice, and Felice to Josh?
Anyway, the current Notebook started traveling in April 2013, so it's been on road for two years now — I think it would enjoy its retirement days by Josh's pool in the near future. :-)
Thoughts?
Johanna wrote: "News about our Traveling Notebook — it's now on its way to Carlita. Here is list of group members who wish to have it visiting them:Matthias (US) --> Matthias has now sent it to Carlita.
Carlita..."
I really want to read it, but I'll take a new one if needed
Johanna wrote: "News about our Traveling Notebook — it's now on its way to Carlita. Here is list of group members who wish to have it visiting them:Matthias (US) --> Matthias has now sent it to Carlita.
Carlita..."
It is a good idea, but I would love to see and read it. Perhaps it is possible to scan it?
Yes, what Idamus and Sabine said. It would be great to see the original notebook, maybe it could travel as a pdf kind of together with the new one?
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Matthias (US) --> Matthias has now sent it to ..."
I think I can scan it with my very nifty "Scanner Pro" app. I could give it a try anyway...
Johanna wrote: "News about our Traveling Notebook — it's now on its way to Carlita. Here is list of group members who wish to have it visiting them:Matthias (US) --> Matthias has now sent it to Carlita.
Carlita..."
I will say what the others have also said--a new one is good idea, but I would love to see the original. But yeah, at some point, the notebook has to retire to the poolside with a fruity drink.
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1) I wanna see it too!
2) how full is it? If it's close to full, great, but if not, I feel like we should have it more than halfway before retirement, yes? Lol, that awesome notebook has to work hard to earn it's retirement! :-)
Jordan wrote: "Two thoughts:1) I wanna see it too!
2) how full is it? If it's close to full, great, but if not, I feel like we should have it more than halfway before retirement, yes? Lol, that awesome noteboo..."
I'm with Jordan on this one :)
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Anyways, I don't feel comfortable with the idea that we'd post the pages of the notebook on social media without asking from the person who wrote them first. I've partly posted my pages already, but I assume all the people who've written on its pages don't want their pages to be shared on internet.
It's hard to explain what I'm trying to say — and you guys probably don't see it the same way — but the traveling notebook has an old-fashioned diary-like feel too it. This might sound a bit extreme, but it's almost like a love letter to Josh and to this group. :-) You write very different things in it if you know it will be shared on internet rather than be read by some of your friends, right? Or maybe I'm totally wrong about this.
On the other hand I feel exactly like you guys — I'm eager to see those pages myself! I'd love to read everything you guys have written in it. I'd love to see all the pictures and doodles. :-)
So I'm sure we'll find a satisfying solution to this, right? Would it be practical if we'd have a Traveling Notebook topic here where we could post all the pages we want to share? All the pages we have permission to scan? (I have photos of few of the pages — mine, Josh's and some of the pages with delicious recipes. LOL.)
And to answer Jordan's question — if I remember correctly the notebook is about half full.
And thank you, Karen, for offering to do the scanning!
What do you guys think? I know I must sound like a sentimental fool, but I'm pretty sentimental about things like this. And this notebook has proven to be quite a treasure. A treasure I wouldn't want to get lost before it finds its way back home. :-)
And to still add one more thought — After reading your comments I think we should let this notebook to travel for a while still. But maybe try to take care that it won't stay too long in one place? And... we could still send another notebook on its way. What do you say?
(Sorry about this looooong post.)
Johanna wrote: "Scanning is a good idea — at least to preserve it. The fuller it gets the more scared I get that we'll lose it at some point along the road before it gets back to Josh."This was always my worry. That's why I was happy to hear about the idea of starting a new one. On the other side I do understand that people would like to see it.
The scanning option is a good idea, but I definitely wouldn't like to see my personal messages to Josh published on open social media.
What about sending the scanned notebook per mail to the people interested?
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I think that maybe this was what Varecia meant by suggesting pdf kind?
Yes, this is a good option too. But there is always a possibility that the pdf kind ends up on internet anyway eventually. Or is there?
Johanna, I unterstand your feelings perfectly :-) I don`t think the pages should be posted on the internet for everybody to see, but I think it would be nice for those who contribute to see what the other active members of the group wrote. That's why I thought a pdf with the scans would be a good idea; it could be mailed to all interested contributors after the book is completed.
Something we used to do in a RL group when we were afraid a notebook would get lost - we decided on a paper format and everybody wrote or drew one page, which was send to one person who scanned them and bound the original pages together. So we had the scanned version for every contributor and one very special original for the person the book was dedicated to (although the bindings did never matched those KC posted yesterday :-).
Urgh, this is a long post too...
We can scan the the pages and convert them to photo-files ( have to think over this) and make a book here in my shop or in another shop.
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Yep, this sounds like a good idea. Although I'm already feeling sorry for the person who's going to do all that scanning in the end... :-)
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Jordan wrote: "I think we can all agree that if we want a PDF we won't post it online anywhere, right? I certainly wouldn't dream of doing that, especially with other people's personal writings."For sure we can agree, here and now, but there is no guarantee that the PDF won't end anyway online...
Antonella wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I think we can all agree that if we want a PDF we won't post it online anywhere, right? I certainly wouldn't dream of doing that, especially with other people's personal writings."..."
However you folks work it out for a scanned version or something for us to see would be wonderful. I was one of the very early people to have the notebook, and I've enjoyed hearing of its travels. But I've also been very envious to have missed so much of all your thoughts and mementos.
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I know exactly how you feel. :-) I was the very first one to write in it and was sad that I wouldn't see what others would add to it. And then it turned out that I got to read it TWICE in two different UK Meets (2013 and 2014) — and it was SO COOL. So yeah, it would be nice if everyone who contributed would be able to take a look inside it in some way or another.
I would like to see the pdf copy once it is circulating :)
I would love to join!!!I could add a Mr. Pinkerton Adventure....
Or a recipe....
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I could add a Mr. Pinkerton Adventure....
Or a recipe...."
:-D
Haldis wrote: "I would love to join!!!I could add a Mr. Pinkerton Adventure....
Or a recipe...."
Or both?
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Carlita (US) <---This is where the Notebook currently is.
Karen (US)
Felice (US)
Jordan (US)
Alison (New Zealand)
Sabine (Germany)
Varecia (Germany)
Calathea (Germany)
Hambel (UK)
Idamus (Denmark)
Haldis (US)
If I'll send a brand new Notebook on its way next week, would any of you want to have that one visiting you? With two Notebooks we wouldn't have to wait such a long time for our turn.
New here but here's my two cents...The one that's out is in the US, how bout the new (if you do a second) one hit Denmark and Germany and the UK. Then which ever of the two is available first, send to NZ. Or just start the new one in NZ?
When I did the Traveling Tennis Ball with my dog on Facebook, we tried to put a time limit on how long the ball could stay so people weren't waiting forever. We also tried to make sure it was with someone who was attending a meet or event that pertained to our group so he/she could get pictures with the ball at that event.
Anywhos...just a couple thoughts....I haven't had a chance yet to read all the posts on this thread, so this is it for now. :-)
Johanna wrote: "Scanning is a good idea — at least to preserve it. The fuller it gets the more scared I get that we'll lose it at some point along the road before it gets back to Josh. That's why I started this di..."This is a very good point, Johanna. Losing the notebook would not be good. Now I am worried my postal system will be awful and lose it and then I would cry (and everyone else might cry, too). The thought that just came to me is, what if we do the PDF thing, then print out a copy and mail it around to the people who want to see it? The notebook could become the next travelling book with the original safely retired now. Then we also don't have to worry so much about it being online. Since there are a fair few of us who want to see it in all its glory, it would eliminate the risk of loss or damage to the original. And the new notebooks could begin their travels, guilt-free. There's another idea to add to the pile.
When the book comes to me, Hans can make photos and with the photos is possible to make a book in the shop I work. Then we can send a new book around and this copy, so that everbody can read it. We can use a new SD card and send the SD card to Johanna, then were only one copy of the texts in circulation.
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Some kind of time limit would certainly be a good idea. I know I held unto the notebook way too long when it visited me the last time...
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Yes, I think making a PDF file (and a print) out of the Traveling Notebook is a good idea and I also think Sabine's offer to make a actual book out of it is a wonderful idea.
Practical thing about sending the current Notebook around is that it fits in an envelope (that fits in a mailbox) and can be send as a letter. If we include another book (copy of the first notebook) in the same parcel, sending it will be a bit more expensive, I would assume. But if that isn't a problem for you guys it won't be a problem for me.
Q&A with Josh Lanyon
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Ok. :-)