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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

Penmanship Revisited

January 26, 2020 By Carol

Today is John Hancock’s birthday. Let’s celebrate by talking about penmanship. Last month a friend sent me an article featuring a business with robots writing thank you notes. Human handwriting is being mimicked, complete with smudges. “Grrrrr,” I say.  We’ve come to that? Everything has become so fake. To counteract that robot story, a current […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Special Occasions, Uncategorized Tagged With: Brenna Jordan, calligraphy, Coca Cola, Ford's logo, handwriting revisited, John Hancock, Kindle, Megan Markle, Michael Sull, Nook, penmanship, Spencerian penmanship, The Art of Cursive Penmanship, The Lost Art of Handwriting, the postmans knock, wedding invitations

The Write Way makes the news

October 3, 2019 By Carol

Randall Beach: A passionate letter writer spreads the word By Randall Beach   Sep. 28, 2019   (Reprinted courtesy of The New Haven Register) When Carol Christmas was a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, she noticed she was delivering fewer and fewer real letters. She also noted that on those rare occasions when she did […]

Filed Under: Guest Author, Letter Writing in the News, News clipping, Special Occasions, Stationery, The Write Way Tagged With: 2016 election, Arnold Gold, Catholic school, civility, connections, courtesy, cursive writing, handwritten message, Hearst Connecticut Media, Jackie Kennedy, letter carrier, letter writing, life skill, passionate letter writer spreads the word, paying attention, penmanship, personal and intimate, Randall Beach, real mail, SCORE, shoebox of letters, slow down, social secretary, thank you notes, The New Haven Register, the write way, too busy to write, U.S.Postal Service, Winston Churchill, written just for you

“Gift wrapped words”

December 4, 2018 By Carol

So what’s your plan? Cards or no cards- for this holiday season? What have you decided? Holiday greetings are all about connecting with people the old fashioned way with snail mail. It could be in the form of a photo card, a commercial greeting card, a handmade craft card, or a family’s annual newsletter. This piece […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Handwriting, Letter Writing in the News, Newsflash Tagged With: Gift wrapped words, holiday greetings, Margaret Shepherd, NY Times, penmanship, Richard R. John, Smarter Living, snail mail, Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse, Susan Shain, The Art of the Handwritten Note, The Arts and Crafts Press, We could all use a little snail mail right now, Yoshiko Yamamoto, You have Snail

Signature Battle

November 16, 2018 By Carol

Signatures are fluid entities. If you’re tired or hurried, your name might appear differently than if you were carefully signing a birthday card. Add all the different ways technology asks us to sign, with a stylus on a screen or with a finger on a tablet. I’m always amazed at how my name changes with […]

Filed Under: Handwriting, Newsflash Tagged With: ACLU Voting Rights Project, ACLU.org, act of signing, Audra D. S. Burch, ballot recount, cursive writing, disenfranchised, DMV, Florida, Frances Robles, Georgia, Glenn Thrush, Justin Levitt, legal document, NYT, penmanship, Sheldon Hosen, signature battle, signing with an X, Sophia Larkin, The Brennan Center for Justice, The Truth About Voter Fraud

Under 91 Project

October 6, 2016 By Carol

September 28, 2016 Calligraphy literally means beautiful writing. What is displayed in the exquisite penmanship and design of The Graceful Envelopes is what is “traditional” calligraphy. Yet graffiti can also be calligraphic. Yes, much of it can be a statement of angst and protest. However, many street artists are extremely creative, talented draftsmen. How they […]

Filed Under: Great Finds, Handwriting Tagged With: beautiful handwriting, calligraphy, graffiti, HI CREW, New Haven CT, penmanship, spray paint, street artists, Under 91 Project

The handwriting of The Declaration of Independence

July 4, 2012 By Carol

July 4, 2012 This holiday gives me  a perfect opportunity to discuss the lovely handwriting behind The Declaration of Independence.  Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft.  Corrections were made by Adams and Franklin and then the document was passed on to Timothy Matlack to engross. Timothy Matlack  (1730-1829) was a delegate to The Continental Congress […]

Filed Under: Holiday Tagged With: Benjamin Franklin, calligraphers guild, Continental Congress, Copperplate, Declaration of Independence, English Roundhand, Gothic script, John Adams, Kitty Burns Florey, penman, penmanship, Script & Scribble, The Fourth of July, The History of Penmanship, Thomas Jefferson, Timothy Matlack

“I feel like a true lover when I’m writing you.”

February 5, 2012 By Carol

February 5, 2012 …..If you need any incentive to inspire you to get going on those Valentines, here it is- Love Letters is a play celebrating a love story which takes place almost exclusively with pen and paper. Love Letters also offers the most eloquent argument, I have ever read, for the value of good old fashioned […]

Filed Under: Handwriting Tagged With: A.R.Gurney, across the distance, Christmas cards, eloquent argument, essays, everything takes shape, favorite passage, I love to write, ideal son, letter writing, love letters, love story, notes to friends, pen and paper, penmanship, read me today, true lover, true scholar, until you die, Valentines, writing, writing things down

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