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Musings from the year

Looking back, when we were all in the mire of 2020, the present and the future looked grim, but in hindsight, this year felt like someone had hit the pause button, and we were all running in slow motion.

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A new beginning

G’day, world!

You’re probably just as surprised as I am to see that this blog is so bare. It’s taken me awhile to find the time, and I guess also the courage, to go back and start blogging again. So why is all of my content gone? I still don’t fully understand what happened, but I’m moving forward. I must admit, when I first discovered that everything had suddenly disappeared overnight, I was devastated. After a few hours though, I felt a sense of relief. Does that sound terrible?

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Improve your everyday handwriting

This post has been sitting in my Drafts for nearly 6 months waiting to be finished. I get a tonne of questions daily asking for tips on my handwriting, examples of my handwriting, and just general comments about my handwriting. I’ve written a FAQs blog post about it back in June 2015, and from that point, I’ve done some research (in whatever spare time I could muster) on the kinds of tutorials that are being offered out there on handwriting, handlettering, calligraphy, etc., you name it, I’ve probably read it. The one aspect that stands out in all of them is that each course endeavours to help you write a particular way, such as brush lettering or Spencerian script or cursive handwriting, which, if that’s exactly what you’re looking for, are fantastic courses to take part in. But what about your everyday handwriting? You know the one that you use to write yourself notes, to write in your planner, to take down a phone message, etc. – I’m sure there are people out there who would like to improve their own handwriting skills.

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