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Beaucoup de plats et treize desserts : le Reveillon du Noël provençal

GeneralCarlos6 December 20235

The beautiful southern French region of Provence has its own Christmas traditions, including a big celebration on Christmas Eve, with lots of dishes and thirteen desserts! This article transcribed by me in Sténographie Gregg (Anniversary and Simplified) explains this tradition. Attachment: beaucoup-de-plats-et-13-desserts-le-reveillon-du-noel-provencal-anniv.pdf Attachment: beaucoup-de-plats-et-13-desserts-le-reveillon-du-noel-provencal-simpl.pdf

A Short Christmas Sermon: Keeping Christmas

GeneralCarlos1 December 20232

Here is another writing from the pen of Henry van Dyke, transcribed in Centennial Gregg by yours truly. Attachment: a-short-christmas-sermon-keeping-christmas.pdf

The Emperor’s Vision

GeneralCarlos1 December 20234

This beautiful legend behind the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Altar in Heaven in the heart of Rome is brought to us by Selma Lagerlöf as part of her book Christ Legends. I transcribed it in Anniversary Gregg for the blog. Attachment: the-emperors-vision.pdf

A Little Essay: Christmas-Living and Christmas-Giving

GeneralCarlos1 December 20232

From his book The Spirit of Christmas, a beautiful essay by American author and clergyman Henry van Dyke, transcribed by me in Simplified Gregg. Attachment: a-little-essay-christmas-living-and-christmas-giving.pdf

The Doll’s Wish

GeneralCarlos1 December 20220

This is a very nice Christmas story, here transcribed by me in Centennial Gregg. Attachment: the-dolls-wish.pdf

A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner

GeneralCarlos1 December 20224

From her book Bits About Home Matters, American poet Helen Hunt Jackson (H. H.) shares her ideas of what should be included in a Christmas dinner. I transcribed it in Anniversary for the blog. Attachment: a-simple-bill-of-fare-for-a-christmas-dinner.pdf

Carlos 18 April 2024 at 11:03 pm on French: Le renard sans pattesCounterclockwise is the left s, clockwise is the right s (or comma s). For #6, now I see what you
Christine Ruzik 18 April 2024 at 10:28 pm on French: Le renard sans pattesThank you for all your remarks, Carlos… :) Indeed for 1. Mrs David Ramsey started the “P” below the line in the
Christine Ruzik 18 April 2024 at 9:54 pm on Beaucoup de plats et treize desserts : le Reveillon du Noël provençalPerfect… as usual. :)
Carlos 15 April 2024 at 6:01 pm on French: Le renard sans pattesOK, here we go. Mahmoud ne sait commment mener sa vie. Il prend conseil auprès d’un sage soufi -- «
Carlos 15 April 2024 at 3:56 pm on Beaucoup de plats et treize desserts : le Reveillon du Noël provençalThanks Christine. I made the changes. For décoré, I followed the form for décorateur which is in the Etudes Graduées;
Christine Ruzik 15 April 2024 at 8:50 am on Beaucoup de plats et treize desserts : le Reveillon du Noël provençalWell, I’m very sorry it took so long but here’s my feedback. I wanted to be sure to forget nothing
Carlos 8 April 2024 at 9:23 pm on Luathscríbhinn GreggThanks Lee. The problem was that the file was not in the new site. That's why I decided to host
Lee 8 April 2024 at 6:48 pm on Luathscríbhinn GreggAndrew Owen's web site has a relatively new address. I'm not sure if that was part of the problem. The
Carlos 7 April 2024 at 6:06 pm on Luathscríbhinn GreggThanks for letting me know. Try again. I'm hosting the file now.
DV86 7 April 2024 at 1:25 pm on Luathscríbhinn GreggHello, I can't open the file anymore. Would you please upload it here...?
Carlos 6 April 2024 at 3:59 pm on Learning by HeartYou're welcome!
Carmel Taylor 5 April 2024 at 11:26 pm on Learning by HeartThanks for the reference, Carlos.
Bryce 2 April 2024 at 1:33 pm on Compilation of “Internet Archive” Shorthand ResourcesMy hero!
Bryce 2 April 2024 at 1:27 pm on Fountain Pen Friendly StenopadsYou'll definitely want the Portage stenopad that has a very thick, sturdy back instead of the Rediform, which only has
Thomas Hedrick 1 April 2024 at 6:09 pm on Real World Example of Literary ProseI really appreciated seeing this post. While I am still a beginner and didn't think I would be able to
Carlos 1 April 2024 at 5:54 am on Learning by HeartSure! I took sections of his lecture from the preface (pages vii and viii) of the book Class-Book of English
Carmel Taylor 1 April 2024 at 1:35 am on Learning by HeartThank you for this. I always find this topic interesting as having taught secondary school through the 80’s onwards I
Carlos 20 March 2024 at 5:52 pm on Progress UpdateYou're welcome! If you have the second edition of GSS, it's the first four speed studies that will cover up
prosci 20 March 2024 at 4:43 pm on Progress UpdateThanks Peter, Carlos. Yep, indeed I am using the Functional Method (Anniversary FM) books and lesson 21 is the last
Carlos 20 March 2024 at 1:51 pm on Progress UpdateAdding to what Peter said above, notice that Assignment 21 is the last before starting Chapter V of the manual,

Tag: christmas

Beaucoup de plats et treize desserts : le Reveillon du Noël provençal

A Short Christmas Sermon: Keeping Christmas

The Emperor’s Vision

A Little Essay: Christmas-Living and Christmas-Giving

The Doll’s Wish

A Simple Bill of Fare for a Christmas Dinner

The Christmas Spruce Tree

Penmanship Practice – December 2022

Uncle Richard’s New Year Dinner

The Little Match Girl