I have always been proud of my handwriting, a skill I was taught in grade school by the Sisters of St. Joseph. Their forte was teaching us the Palmer Penmanship Method, drilling into us the importance ...

I’m not surprised to learn the Palmer method survives today mostly among home-schoolers and at Christian academies. What did surprise me was my learning about a year ago that cursive writing of any ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. 'Failing to follow these simple suggestions, you are likely to waste many hours, weeks, and months in ...

Oh the hours I spent on the circles, round and round, row after row of circles created with a Number 2 pencil. Generally they were followed by slanted lines, up and down, up and down, always with a ...

Turns out the skill your teachers drilled into you never stopped mattering.