Besides your signature, when was the last time you actually had to *write* something? blackmusings> laments the “deterioration of handwriting” and the loss of the writing experience – which also involves correction fluid or tape (anybody see these on the shelves anymore?) and good ol’ erasing. Case in point: the jotter book.

I recall back in primary school, worksheets were printed on yellowed textured papers (of which my colleague clarified, it’s called jotter book paper). In a strange way, this humble item is one of the fondest memories from my school days.

Before the commodity of pristine white sheets of deligtful A4 paper, these jotter sheets were a staple source of torment for kids in school. It was tedious and near impossible not to cause an unsightly hole everytime one erases an error vigorously on the worksheet.

I wonder, too, if they sell jotter books in the stationery shops anymore. Read blackmusing’s Jotting down the jotter book.

Tags: Jotter Book, Writing