Field Notes
Field Notes is a monthly writing ritual from Thistle & Thread Press—part calendar, part creative invitation. Each edition offers a month's worth of prompts attuned to the shifting seasons and the quieter turns of the inner self. Designed to be printed, written in, and carried with you, Field Notes is a companion for reflection, ritual, and creative harvest.
December Field Notes
2025
December's Field Notes is a special one—it is the last one of the year, and the last one of the series. Field Notes is retiring into a deep hibernation, but will return refreshed, renewed, and most of all: changed.
This final edition reminds us that just because the world is covered in snow and ice, doesn't mean there isn't growth happening beneath the surface.
November Field Notes
2025
November's Field Notes sits in the uneasy realm between gratitude and grief. November reminds us that giving thanks can sting—that loss and longing often live beside our blessings. These prompts invite you to write from that tension: to honor what remains, what's gone, and what you can't let go of.
October Field Notes
2025
October invites us into a season of thresholds—between what is seen and unseen, remembered and forgotten. It is a month where the dark does not conceal but reveals, showing us the truths that linger beneath the surface. The veil grows thin, and in its thinning we glimpse what lies beyond: mystery, memory, and the presence of those who came before us.
September Field Notes
2025
A month of carrying both presence and absence. September holds the ones who still walk beside us and the ones who no longer can. These prompts move through themes of loss, gratitude, and companionship. They ask you what lingers, what has gone silent, and what we continue to hold. Think of thee as an invitation to honor the bonds that remain and to write toward the spaces left behind.
August Field Notes
2025
A month coming to terms with what bloomed, what withered in the Summer heat, and what never took root. These prompts move through themes of harvest, effort, failure, and quiet noticing. Think of these as an invitation to tend to what remains, and to let go of what won't come back.