The Little New Year
This is a beautiful New Year’s story by American writer and educator Ellen Robena Field Smalley that I transcribed in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: the-little-new-year.pdf
The Twelve Months
This is a popular Slavic folk tale, transcribed by me in Anniversary Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-twelve-months.pdf
How the Snowflakes Came to Visit Mother Earth
Here is a lovely story for the winter season, transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: how-the-snowflakes-came-to-visit-mother-earth.pdf
Penmanship Practice – January 2026
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Rider University
Rider University houses the Louis A. Leslie Shorthand Collection. It looks like the university is in financial trouble, laying off 25% of its full time faculty, cutting everyone’s pay by 14%, and stopping contributions to employee retirement. If Rider closes–as many small private schools are doing–I assume the shorthand collection would be at risk of…
Christmas Day in the Morning
This is a very sweet story by Pearl S. Buck that I transcribed in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: christmas-day-in-the-morning.pdf
The Burglar’s Christmas
Willa Cather wrote this story under the pseudonym Elizabeth L. Seymour for the magazine Home Monthly, where she was the managing editor. I transcribed it in Anniversary Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-burglars-christmas.pdf
The Selfish Giant
Here is a sweet Christmas story by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, transcribed by yours truly in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: the-selfish-giant.pdf
Penmanship Practice – December 2025
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Gregg Shorthand Television Course?
There was a brief listing on Ebay a few days ago for a pamphlet, from Gregg Publishing, about a TV course based on the 2nd edition of the Simplified manual. It looked like only a few pages, folded and stapled, and I thought it was overpriced. When I went back to see if there were…