Le ciel… (French)
Hello! A short poem in French. The words are not difficult… I think. Again… feel free to criticize… about anything. Edit: I made the promised changes… Thanks again, LVW. 🙂
Beginner’s Scrawl–Simplified Sample 2
Attempt 2:
French quotes… again
Hello! I’ve tried to find funny quotes and make a central theme… but it didn’t end well. So few more quotes… again feel free to criticize… I had to forge some forms. 1.et 2. Sydney Smith ; 3. Arthur Schopenhauer (but now I realise that the quote is not complete…) ; 4. Jean l’Anselme ;…
Stumped
I couldn’t read the first name of the signature line at the end of the letter in paragraph 52 of Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified, second edition. I was about to ask you all but I decided it would be more polite to see if someone had already posted the question in this blog first. In…
Few more quotes in French
Hello! As much I would like to do long texts as Carlos do, I have the feeling that the time hasn’t come… So few more quotes from: Ingrid Bergman; “English saying” (well, written in French…); Appeared on a Goya painting. So it should from Goya… Claude Aveline; Again Swâmi Prajñânpad I don’t think you will…
Online Dictation
I haven’t actually tried it (family quiet time), but it looks promising. Not as nice as downloadable sound files, but still useful. http://qwertysteno.com/Dictation/
A Passion for Perfume
You may think of perfume and fragrances as something that we use to smell nice, but perfume has always been much more than that. In this article transcribed by me in Centennial Gregg, you will read about its interesting history. Attachment: a-passion-for-perfume.pdf
Pyramus and Thisbe
The Greeks, the Latins, and other ancient peoples loved to tell myths that explained natural events — why certain stars are in the sky, for example, or how it happens that we have seasons. Many of the myths of the ancient world were retold by the Latin poet Ovid. In honor of Februrary, the month…
The Making of Books by Monks
There was a time when books were so precious that librarians chained them to the walls for fear they would be stolen. In this selection transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg, the author tells us what books were like in those days. Attachment: the-making-of-books-by-monks.pdf
Penmanship Practice – February 2019
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