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Conversations About Handwriting

by TonyB on March 17, 2010

• Parents in New York are so obsessed with getting their kids into the right schools that they are hiring occupational therapists to teach their pre-schoolers how to write, according to the New York Times. Read More –>

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Conversations About Handwriting

by TonyB on February 24, 2010

Lots of good stuff for you this week:

• No wonder people in the Victorian era seemed to write so many letters. The New York Times has a very interesting article about how mail was delivered 12 times a day in London back then. You could receive a letter and respond to it the same day. Read More –>

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Conversations About Handwriting

February 17, 2010

• One of the most beloved items of Maswood Khan’s childhood was a red fountain pen, he tells readers in an opinion piece for The Financial Express, waxing nostalgic about the days when he wrote and received handwritten letters.

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Say "Thank You" With a Note

January 7, 2010

Back home from the holidays and trying to decide whether to send out a round of handwritten thank-you notes?
Of course, we highly recommend it. Thank-you notes only take a few minutes and are all but guaranteed to make your friends and loved ones feel a little extra post-holiday warmth. Plus, they give you yet another [...]

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Conversations About Letter Writing

December 17, 2009

Lois Bouton, a 90-year-old retired schoolteacher in Arkansas, is known as the “Coast Guard Lady” because she’s been writing letters to Coast Guardsmen around the world since the ’70s, according to a local TV station.

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