CALGARY It s more than beautiful handwriting. The artist can tell a story, not only with words, but convey an emotion with the way those letters are presented. Calligraphy dates back thousands of years but is seeing a resurgence in Calgary. Alma Taylor is a 39-year member of the Bow Valley Calligraphy Guild one of the largest in Canada with upward of 150 members. Taylor is passionate about calligraphy. It s the hands on creativity of it all, it really inspires you, said Taylor. Paper, oh my gosh, just touching paper and holding a pen and dipping it in ink, it s all exciting.
CHESTER TWP. As Marjorie Gallagher s fingers glide over the ivory keys of her piano, her thoughts drift to her grandmother.
The 100-year-old piano had belonged to Alma L. Taylor and was lost for nearly two decades after a relative donated it to the Salvation Army in Wooster. Gallagher s husband, Michael, tracked down the family piano as a surprise birthday and Christmas gift.
It returned to a Taylor family member last week.
Michael Gallagher decided to find the lost piano after his wife wished in passing she had her grandmother s old Bush and Lane so she could play it again. The piano had traveled from the Wooster Salvation Army to an Ashland residence and then to a home in Stark County s Plain Township.