Description

PAW & PEN — THE FOREST EDITION
A modern commonplace book, inspired by Slovakia
For the place in you that still knows the way home.

Slovakia is a small country with a great deal of sky. It lives in spruce forests and sharp Tatra ridges, in wooden villages, bells across a valley, wild berries, and proverbs carried through generations.

This is a commonplace book — an old and generous idea. Not a diary that demands a daily entry, and not a planner that measures you. It is a place to keep what you notice: a path, a word, a recipe, a kindness, a plan you are not quite ready to say out loud.

You do not need to have been to Slovakia. You only need somewhere in you that knows what home feels like.

WHAT YOU RECEIVE — instant download

• Print at Home, A4 and US Letter — front cover, 81 interior pages, back cover
• Cover art — front and back at high resolution, for binder covers or your device
• Start Here guide, printing guide and terms of use

TEN PATHS, IN NO STRICT ORDER

I · Forest & Silence
II · Mountains & Paths
III · Words & Stories
IV · Villages & Doorways
V · Table & Tradition
VI · Seasons & Wild Things
VII · Home & Memory
VIII · Courage & New Beginnings
IX · Journeys Across Slovakia
X · Books, Study & Dreams

INSIDE YOU WILL FIND

• Guided prompt pages — Today’s Forest, A Quiet Discovery, The View From Here, A Letter Home, The Next Right Thing
• Open pages for writing, sketching, mapping, or leaving the silence untouched
• Ten traditional Slovak proverbs with translations and reflections — Tichá voda brehy myje, Bez práce nie sú koláče, Hosť do domu, Boh do domu
• Four recipes from the Slovak kitchen, written out in full: bryndzové halušky, demikát, lokše, apple-poppy štrúdľa
• Pages for the words and expressions that belong to one family
• A map page for beloved places and the roads still waiting
• When the Way Feels Long — a page written for hard days

PLEASE NOTE

This is a digital download. No physical item will be posted to you. Files are available immediately after purchase. For personal use only; please see the included terms of use.

May you always find a path, a light in the window, and the way home.

PAW & PEN · THE BOTANICAL EDITIONS