Part one: I appreciated the recent WWII diary post by @AngelaM because it was “messy” shorthand. Being new to shorthand I truly appreciate the well written exemplars to be found on this site and in textbooks. If you are going to learn something you have to know what “right” looks like. But I greatly appreciated seeing the “messy” shorthand piece as it helped bridge the confidence gap of “perfect writings” versus what I produce. To be sure, I copy slow and careful but still, it is as far as can be from “exemplary”. I’m not unhappy with my shorthand but without an experienced shorthandist to coach me I have to learn by comparison.
Part two: I love “junk shopping”. Mostly browsing in museum-like fashion but always hunting for a few select things. Like Gregg shorthand books. 🙂
I was lucky enough to find some (YES!) but as I was going to the car I noticed a very browned leaf sticking out from the top of the book. I thought to myself that I’d need to fix that loose page ASAP when I got home. But when I got home I found it was not a loose page but hand-written homework! Excellent penmanship to be sure but also “real” writing. What luck!
Epilogue: I am super happy for the find of the books and the bonus writing inside. The pair of books I found also had a lot of writing in them. Much like the WWII diary it is interesting to see the daily student life throughout the pages and the “yearbook” signings and doodles in the front and back covers. My apologies the scans aren’t great. The writing on the loose-leaf is in pencil and I tried to make the contrast good but I may have washed it out some.
