Notehand Bingo

I’ve created Notehand Bingo for my two Notehand scholars. Attached is a .pdf file which contains two different Notehand Bingo games with which to practice your Notehand skills: (1) “Brief Forms” and (2) “100 Frequently Used Words.”  Included in this file:     ∙    10 Notehand “Brief Form” Bingo Cards         ∙    1 blank Notehand…

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What is the best way to get going again?

I write GA. I have gone through the functional method manuals several times, usually after long breaks.  My recall is OK, all things considered,  but i am very slow.  My reading is not that good. I am wondering the best way to get going again using about thirty minutes a day.  Does that make sense?…

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Voynich Manuscript

I recently stumbled across an interesting documentary on Amazon Prime called The Voynich Code:  The World’s Most Mysterious Manuscript.  No one has been able to crack its code — is it shorthand?  Encrypted text?  Gibberish?  Even the illustrations are other-worldly.  Some wonder if the author was the young Leonardo DaVinci, but no one really knows…

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Diary of a WWI Soldier

I received a request for assistance in the transcription of some shorthand notes from a diary of a British WWI soldier. Mr. William Pritchett fought in France during WWI and ended up a prisoner of war in Germany. He kept a diary: most of it is in plain English, but some parts are written in…

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After Twenty Years

This classic story by O. Henry was written by me in Centennial Gregg for the blog, although readers of other series can read this story without much difficulty as well. Attachment: after-twenty-years.pdf

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Grand Canyon

Summer is the time of travel, and Grand Canyon is one of the most visited National Parks in the United States (only surpassed by the Great Smoky Mountains). In 2015, 5.5 million people witnessed the wonders of one of the largest canyons on Earth. A mile deep and up to 18 miles wide at places,…

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