Good Housekeeping USA – November 2019
English | 125 pages | pdf | 135.43 MB
My grandmother used to record the goings-on of her days in a very simple notebook. She didn’t pour her heart out, but instead detailed her every moment…daily. A typical entry might read something like: “Went to Knob Hill Farms [her favorite grocery store, which was kind of a bulk-food farmers’ market] and got five baskets of ripe tomatoes for chili sauce. Then bumped into Evelyn. Had a nice talk with her about her grandson. Jane came over after school to chat, and had some of my bread.”
Her journal was essentially a life tracker, reminding Grandma what she’d done and whom she’d seen. Her goal was to recall both little details and the momentous occasions. Her journal was a true memory chest — a constant reminder for her of how full…of friends, family, creativity, productivity, accomplishment —
her days and life were. That set of books (43 of them, starting when she was in her 20s) was eventually passed down to her eight kids and 21 grandchildren (me!). I am still so thankful that we have access to these snapshots of her life in her own handwriting.
This got me thinking about how impersonal my digitized calendar is. It even erases events after a few weeks — it’s certainly not something I’ll be handing down! But it is one of the reasons I’m so excited to launch our first-ever Good Housekeeping Planner. Our 2020 diary is a pretty great way to organize and document your days. Plus, it’s packed with GH goodness on every page: You’ll get delicious top-tested recipes, genius self-care tips, seasonal decor ideas, brilliant cleaning tricks and more, more, more, all aligned to the time of year. It’s like a happiness handbook of Good Housekeeping magazine best that you can write in and keep forever! Here’s a sneak peek inside the fun and fabulous pages. I hope you’ll join me in putting pen to paper, Grandma-Style. – Jane Francisto
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