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[Shanus]

@maestra I love fountain pens...call them cartridge pens vs. ballpoint. That's what I use to write a note on my personalized stationary or was using on my holiday cards. I tried calligraphy, but quite difficult. The pen strokes are so complicated when forming the letters. Good luck, though if you attempt to master it. 

[Burnsite]

I might be mildly dyslexic (sp?) or something but wrote many letters backwards even when I was 10.  I was sent to "sister school" as my neighborhood called it, transferred from public to private Catholic school, partly because I had difficulty writing script.  Sister Olga took care of that in a trice, though partly just by shaming me when I printed on the bulletin board.

To this day, people tell me I have beautiful writing, though, and it was the "Palmer" method that made it possible for me.  Endless repetition of little circles on a piece of paper. 

I am not sure it was worth the effort, but hey, it's a kind of accomplishment and I am glad today I have it.  I was so bad at script writing of any kind that my parents got me a typewriter, and taught me how to use it, when I was in second grade. 

[Noel7]

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@maestra wrote:

I have very pretty handwriting thanks to Sisters of Charity almost 60 years ago.

My hairdresser submitted a check I had written to her and the bank teller told her it was the most beautifully written check she had cashed; I admit I wrote it w/a fountain pen. Fountain pens were all we were permitted to use in the schools I attended.

Fountain pens were a terrible mess; we always had blue or black ink all over our hands; we had to also use blotter paper.

I am hoping this winter to begin to teach myself calligraphy.

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@maestra

My BFF taught herself caligraphy, it took a lot of practice.  Now it's a business/hobby on the side and she does her own cards.

It's beautiful.

[Shanus]

@Beauty54  My point exactly.

[Shanus]

@freakygirl I've figured out that a large barrel pen helps my grip & writing a little easier. Maybe it goes back to those fat yellow pencils we used in grade schools or the fat crayolas. 

[Noel7]

THE BENEFITS OF CURSIVE GO BEYND WRITING

Putting pen to paper stimulates the brain like nothing else, even in this age of e-mails, texts and tweets. In fact, learning to write in cursive is shown to improve brain development in the areas of thinking, language and working memory. Cursive handwriting stimulates brain synapses and synchronicity between the left and right hemispheres, something absent from printing and typing.

As a result, the physical act of writing in cursive leads to increased comprehension and participation.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/30/should-schools-require-children-to-learn-cursive/the...

[Shanus]

@PINKdogWOOD  I've settled on a combo of printing and cursive...almost looks like italics. Almost readable. 

[chickenbutt]

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Noel7 wrote:

THE BENEFITS OF CURSIVE GO BEYND WRITING

Putting pen to paper stimulates the brain like nothing else, even in this age of e-mails, texts and tweets. In fact, learning to write in cursive is shown to improve brain development in the areas of thinking, language and working memory. Cursive handwriting stimulates brain synapses and synchronicity between the left and right hemispheres, something absent from printing and typing.

As a result, the physical act of writing in cursive leads to increased comprehension and participation.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/04/30/should-schools-require-children-to-learn-cursive/the...

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Thank You for putting that up, Noel!   There ARE brain functions that are expanded by numerous, seemingly rudimentary, tasks beyond just the task itself.    Learning to write (cursive) is one of those things.

 I've been saying this for years but there are always those who just don't want to hear it (you know - the old feelings vs facts thing).    I like facts and this is a physiological fact.

[maestra]

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@maestra wrote:

I have very pretty handwriting thanks to Sisters of Charity almost 60 years ago.

My hairdresser submitted a check I had written to her and the bank teller told her it was the most beautifully written check she had cashed; I admit I wrote it w/a fountain pen. Fountain pens were all we were permitted to use in the schools I attended.

Fountain pens were a terrible mess; we always had blue or black ink all over our hands; we had to also use blotter paper.

I am hoping this winter to begin to teach myself calligraphy.

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@maestra

My BFF taught herself caligraphy, it took a lot of practice.  Now it's a business/hobby on the side and she does her own cards.

It's beautiful.

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I addressed all my wedding envelopes.

[hckynut]

I use to have good handwriting. Now, it's hit and miss. Some days it looks almost the same as decades gone by. Other days it is hard for me to read my own handwriting, signature included.

hckynut(john)