This chill of Winter seems to still seems to whip around us, and we huddle to escape it's grip, as daffodil and crocus buds slip through the softening ground all around us.

We look across the globe and even and see more evidence that the chaos of Winter seems empowered right

now....we know, indeed, that sunshine will come, that peace will come, and that "The Pen is Mightier Than the

Sword." The music of Spring's crocuses, daffodils and tulips persevere, pushing forth green leaves and colorful buds

under biting breezes and they will emerge ~ triumphant & strong! Open your journal and pour forth your Spring

petals. Indeed, "The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword."

Sea travel has long been the way that early travelers shaped their vision of the Earth, survived, thrived and became inspired. The genius of Jacque Cousteau explored the vast largely unknown under water universe. Sailing is found in ancient maps such as the Madaba map, almost 1,500 years ago and in the bark canoe remnants of Australian Aboriginal populations around 40,000 years ago.

Scribes Delight invites you, this Summer, to explore, and begin your life adventure. Grab an amazing Amalfi journal, or Rugged Recycled Leather Travel journal, or slip a Ship's log onto your vessel....fill your sails and see your Dreams come true!

One of our newest family members is using our journals to inspire her family to record, and take pride in, their own personal stories of the miracles around us every day...as she and her husband have just published a book on Amazon to inspire everyone to do the same.

Create your own memories today and every day with one of our incredible archival, museum quality, smythe-sewn leather journals, including our Italian hand marbled Amalfi paper journals with hand sewn leather bindings. Memories made magical at Scribes Delight! 

"Love is patient and kind" takes on a whole new meaning, when we realize that there are many with a hole in their heart that may never be filled; even more so when we see that others have filled this hole with hatred and harm...forming an explosive asphalt of destruction.  We shall not be engulfed in it. We shall love.

On this glorious seaside Marblehead weekend, I see a couple walking the sand, whose souls have always been inextricably linked, thinking of days to come, children dipping in feet to see if the sea is too chilly for a swim, and collectors of sea glass adding a new sliver of color to a lifetime of sun-filled and stormy days.

All we can do is send love and hope that it reaches through to those who are along or cannot see the sun and even more to those who have filled the emptiness inside them with rage, as we have seen in recent days.

Love is powerful and so easy to give, really.  Just one step outside your normal day with a kind word, a prayer or the gift of a smile.  Plant some love today and every day, and watch even the most ragged landscape grow into a flower filled oasis.

Every beach walk is different.  The rocks, large and small, seem new. No two are alike and their patterns shimmer in the clear sky light.  Some things are ending like school and skiing and new plans beginning like swimming, summer camp, trips and moments quietly sipping morning coffee on the patio.

Grab a fresh page of your leather manuscript journal and finally pen that memoir, scrapbook school photos, share your thoughts in a notebook for your newborn to read years later or invite your friends over for a long day of camaraderie before the big wedding.  "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has power, beauty and magic in it!"

As the warmth of our homes welcomes us we are also welcomed by the ocean ~ the SeaWave Blue Inkwell waiting on the desk.  Suddenly the sea is here, at home with us, and like a warm fire, makes the chill go away, it fills our minds with memories of those long summer days.

With a smile we open the desk drawer, bring out our fountain pen, and fill it to the brim.  Suddenly we can almost feel the balmy summer days as we gaze upon a brand new page....in our Amalfi Journal or Amalfi Stationery, or our Recycled Walden Pond Muir Woods Journal.  Our mind shifts simultaneously to the future and the past as we ponder what to say.  Paper lasts. Words remain. Its permanence is just what we need as the days begin to lengthen, giving us hope as world events seem uncertain.  The Pen, indeed, is truly Mightier than the Sword.

and yet it will be with us always.  We have our words to carry with us into the chill of Fall.

Writing on our archival journal pages gives one a sense of permanence even in changing times. 

One of our Scribes family customers, Call Stanny, is using our archival books to record ancient

healing practices of the Balinese Healers ~ It is the first book to transcribe the ancient words and ways into English:

"A Balinese Self-Healing System"  We also created a journal for the healer as well. In our carefully crafted, archival

journals he knows his words will be safe and have a home for all time.  It is wonderful to know that even when the

seasons change, or the world changes, or we change...the words will be on these pages to remind us of how the

world was and how we felt at this exact moment ~ sublime and alive and one with the balmy breezes of summer.

I am inspired to do nothing more than sit by this shore and write.Get inspired. Inspire your dad or your grad. Get an Amalfi journal for yours and their summer too. Amalfi is summer. 

Flowers in bloom and long breezy hours of sunlight.  Music to anyones ears and a constantly changing work of art.

Share it all with your true love, family, friends, and neighbors on our irresistible Amalfi notecards and stationery. Great

as gift for moms and grads. Say hello, send a poem or recipe, thank someone for being kind - whatever you want to

say, say it on something this special and unforgettable paper.  Emboss your address on the back and finish it off with

your personalized seal and sunset gold wax . Make your own music this Spring - by adding a little magic to every

moment and every relationship.  Give or Send Amalfi paper.

World peace is paramount as we prepare for and celebrate our holidays.

Gandhi tells us "There is no path to peace. Peace is the path." 

Peace to all this season. 

Posted originally in memory of those fallen in the Paris attacks.  It is now a standing memorial to all those who have 

fallen in Brussels and throughout the world.