Returning to my cabin after dinner one evening, I opened a small treasure placed on my bed next to the latest incarnation of the cruise towel animal. The journal's cover was a soft green paper,not unlike Japanese silk paper. The little book's pages were the color of deep sand.

Very tactile, very pleasing. I thought how a fountain pen might grab the surface of the paper leaving feathery curves across the page - a re-cap,the telling of an adventure in some secret place of the world, part of a life story, someone's dance with time.

Fellow writers these journals are perfection.

Nepalese Paper brings you the opportunity to journal your own story on handmade paper that is both sustainable and sustaining. This paper from the Lokta bush, found only above 6500ft in the Himalaya mountains, provides a living in the impovershed rural areas of Nepal. Chuck Pinnow, Founder of Nepalese Paper believes that 100% fair trade,tree-free,evironmentally sustainable products can be a viable enterprise. They produce very high quality notebooks, journals and other products. Go to www.NepalesePaper.com to see the product line and perhaps write the good news about a business with ethics and heart! They also donate a portion of every sale to a Nepalese non-profit. Thank you Chuck for sharing your story and journal us at our Conference at Sea in January. I'll always keep this special gift close to me.

Michelle Winner, Vice President