Hi, @gravity3

A commonplace, or common book, is usually a notebook of sorts in which a person jots down most anything he or she fings striking. My commonplace is filled with everything from snippets of poetry, song lyrics, passages of prose, most anything that, when I read it, I thought, Hmm, I'd like to remember that! I believe more people kept commonplaces or common books in years past; fewer do nowadays.

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)