The paper is thin but not so much so that it feels cheap, pale green ruled with dark green lines. In short, an ordinary ...

Luigi Mangione, a man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had a spiral notebook among his possessions that laid out plans for the shooting, according to The New York Times.

For me, notebooks are a lifeline. I'm a writer who dreads writing (that's how you know I'm committed), and putting pen to paper has dulled much of the pain that comes from exposing my inner world.