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Penmanship revisited

February 12, 2022 By Carol

Betsy Lewin, Mushy

Hello Reader,  Valentine’s Day always signals a good reason to put your pen to paper.  And having your message clear and legible will help the recipient know who is playing Cupid. Did you know? In former times, when a man was wooing a young lady, the quality of his penmanship determined whether he even had […]

Filed Under: Books, Great Finds, Greeting Cards, Handwriting, Special Occasions Tagged With: 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet, artform, Betsy Lewin, Cupid, flourishes, handwriting, improving your handwriting, keep cursive alive, letterforms consistent, Lynda Graham- Barber, Mushy- The Complete Book of Valentine Words, Pamela Paul, penmanship, sterile uniformity, support your humanity, Valentine's Day, Write this down carefully

Making News

June 25, 2020 By Carol

Randall Beach writes: Sending out your thoughts during this pandemic June 23, 2020 Updated: June 24, 2020 11:34 a.m. Carol Christmas of Hamden, who has a card-writing service, offers advice on writing condolence cards in this time of many deaths from COVID-19.  Photo: Peter Hvizdak / Hearst Connecticut Media Carol Christmas sat on her front porch in […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, News clipping, Post Office News, Special Occasions, The Write Way Tagged With: condolence notes, Covid-19 pandemic, death-denying culture, gift of time, grief-stricken, handwriting, Hearst Connecticut Media, Margaret Shepherd, Peter Hvizdak, Randall Beach, The Art of the Personal Letter: A Guide to Connecting Through the Written Word, The New Haven Register, the write way

Donate your handwriting

July 25, 2019 By Carol

For those of you who have lovely penmanship and are curious about what you might do other than start a business, here’s a suggestion.  Volunteer to write thank you notes for your favorite charity! With the donations they receive, charitable organizations often hand-write a thank you note at some point during the year. My friend, […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Handwriting, Letters Shape Opinions Tagged With: charitable organizations, childrens book author, Feline & Friends, handwriting, Lynda Barber, thank you notes, volunteer your handwriting

National Handwriting Day

January 23, 2018 By Carol

Today, National Handwriting Day, is John Hancock’s birthday. John Hancock was a patriot, a rabble-rouser, the first and third governor of Massachusetts, and yet he is best remembered for his large flamboyant signature on the Declaration of Independence. Hancock’s handwriting matched his personality. As the very first signer on the Declaration of Independence, he declared, […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Holiday, Pen pals Tagged With: "How Handwriting Makes You Smarter", cursive writing, Declaration of Independence, grocery list, handwriting, John Hancock, Missing Ink The Lost Art of Handwriting, National Handwriting Day, pen friends, Philip Hensher, rabble-rouser, Shelia Lowe, thank you note, to-do list

Having a “John Hancock”

November 17, 2017 By Carol

The ability to sign your name is one of the best reasons to learn cursive writing. Even with all the digital ways you can dodge handwriting, often one needs to “sign the pad” for a transaction. So what do you do? Scribble or print? Your signature or your “John Hancock,” as it is sometimes referred […]

Filed Under: Handwriting Tagged With: Anne Trubek, art class, Common Core Standards, cursive writing, digital detox, handwriting, illiteracy, John Handcock, journaling, keyboarding, Lefties, list making, sign the pad, signature, thank you note, The History and Uncertain Future of Handwriting, uniqueness

David Bowie’s song lyrics were all written by hand

January 12, 2016 By Carol

                              ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hunky Dory had its own alphabet- ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Photo: David Bowie in 1967. Getty Images

Filed Under: Handwriting Tagged With: 1967, Bowie's autograph, David Bowie, Getty Images, handwriting, hunky dory alphabet, imgur.com, lyrics were handwritten, Starman

Christopher Columbus’ signature

October 12, 2015 By Carol

  There’s something about a person’s signature that indicates much about them.  I know very little about the science of handwriting analysis.  What I do look at is the way the letters are formed. Are they clear and precise? Bold? Or illegible? Notice the flourishes in the script above. The lines are practically weaving themselves […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Holiday Tagged With: Christopher Columbus, Columbus Signature No Mystery- Latin Holds the Key, Cristofo Colon, handwriting, Ilarius Augustus, signature, Wikipedia

The Art of Letter Writing

June 2, 2015 By Carol

June 2, 2015 The Art of Letter Writing: Voice, Handwriting & Spirit With Christian McEwen and Barbara Bash June 12 – 14, 2015 In my mailbox, buried amid the sales offers, catalogs, and charity requests, I found the latest brochure from the Zen Mountain Monastery. There I discovered a workshop for writing letters.  Wow! There […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Handwriting Tagged With: art of letter writing, Barbara Bash, Christian McEwen, handwriting, spirit, voice, workshop, Zen Mountain Monastery

Priceless Handwritten Letter in the News

March 23, 2015 By Carol

March 23, 2015 A few weeks ago, a wealthy Spanish family, The House of Alba, attempted to auction off a letter written by Christopher Columbus to his son Diego. The Spanish government blocked the sale saying the letter is a national treasure and must be kept within the country. The value of  this 1498 missive […]

Filed Under: Newsflash Tagged With: Christopher Columbus, Diego, General Archive of the Indies, handwriting, House of Alba, national treasure, priceless, Seville Spain

My Mother’s beautiful handwriting

May 11, 2014 By Carol

Mother’s Day- May 11, 2014 My Mother had beautiful handwriting. She was trained by nuns at a boarding school. And letter writing was her favorite way to communicate. Although she is gone now, the sight of her handwriting in one of the many letters I’ve saved, brings her voice  immediately back into my present life. […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Holiday Tagged With: beautiful script, boarding school, handwriting, Harry Potter, Howlers, letters saved, Mother's Day, trained by nuns

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