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Cursive! Foiled again!
The teaching of cursive may be fading away, but the love of good penmanship still flourishes like a well-formed capital letter B. Even if our own penmanship has degraded to the barely legible, we value handwriting. We believe it confers a bunch of good stuff on our brains. On top of that, it is a truth universally acknowledged that it’s tremendously nice to get a handwritten thank you note. Collectively, readers stated that the skill of handwriting isn’t a dead art akin to illuminating parchment manuscripts it’s a communication tool that we cherish. Hundreds of readers wrote in to tell of their experience with pen and paper. People not only respect cursive, but the act of handwriting is appreciated for the way it marshalls the hand, the eye and the mind.
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You probably received one, too.
Canada Post says they sent out 13.5 million of them on March 1. Cheery, pre-paid, blank postcards. In case you haven’t bought a stamp in a while, that’s $1.07 worth of postage.
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There are six designs. You get what you get, but some read: “Miss you,” or, “I’ve been meaning to write.” Mine says: “Sending hugs/Je t’envoie des câlins.”
I like this campaign. Who doesn’t like getting a card in the mail? I’m going to send mine, I am. I’m just practising my penmanship first. Rusty doesn’t begin to describe what’s happened to my handwriting. “Hand mutilated by a table saw” doesn’t begin to do justice to my chicken scratches. My grocery lists would baffle an Egyptologist.