Wayne MacPhail is a journalist living in Hamilton. In 1584, the then-12-year-old English poet John Donne was studying at the University of Oxford along with his younger brother, Henry. This was when ...

Over 20 years after being founded, Commonplace Coffee has named its first-ever CEO, Pittsburgh native Alisa Paul. “I am incredibly excited to join the Commonplace Coffee team and help steward the ...

If you want to start journaling, a commonplace book is a low-stakes entrypoint. Studies have shown that journaling can boost your mental health and help you process difficult emotions-even if you ...

Kelsey McKinney says writers have been aggregating, storing and sharing information through commonplace books for centuries—it’s only the technology that’s changed. Plus, a trove of beautiful ...

Commonplace Coffee has reopened its shops in Squirrel Hill and in the Mexican War Streets neighborhood of the North Side as it works to maintain whatever business it can during the disruptions from ...

If you have a crisp, new notebook you’re dying to write in, but aren’t sure where to start, why not grab a pen and start filling it with random thoughts and ideas? A journal that’s packed with ...