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The OP might be using "diary" the way some people use "planner," a notebook that comes hard-coded with days of week, date, and month written at the top of a giv

The OP might be using "diary" the way some people use "planner," a notebook that comes hard-coded with days of week, date, and month written at the top of a given page i.e. https://plannerpads.com/media/wysiwyg/2016-EXCD-Green-SB-Spread.jpg https://plannerpads.com/media/wysiwyg/2016-EXCD-Green-SB-Spr... Presumably this planner/diary has text in it that would be confusing to write beneath. One's messages from 1983 or whatever would conflict with the ones you're writing that are applicable to 2020. If you turn it upside down, you know to only read text that's "right side up" when the notebook is upside down. I could be wrong.

ggm 7y ago
You are almost right. By turning 90 degrees, I am writing ACROSS the old words, not upside-down with respect to the old words. It becomes a cross-hatch. Writing across, is how in the old days, people used to reply to letters. Didn't always work well for joined-up writing but worked well-enough. The Diary was days-of-the-week. So, the same semantic intent as for a calendar wired to a specific year. I need monday to be the "right" monday.