Penmanship

 .

My regular handwriting is really awful... my grocery lists are a scrawly bunch of lines that look like I wrote them in the car while driving on a dirt road. My scattered brain tosses out words faster than my poor fingers could ever hope to put on paper.

However I do like lettering and typography, and for me, making letters on the page is soothing. After finding this wonderful website, I've been practicing Spencerian Script.

http://www.iampeth.com/lessons.php

I encourage you to try it. You don't need any fancy materials. A pencil and a spiral bound notebook from the dollar store will get you started.

Marilyn.

 

In art the hand can never execute anything

higher than the heart can inspire. 

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Be Mighty!

So, I'm at the market on yesterday, and this punk haired young man says, "Can ask you for some Mom advice?" And I just laugh, because as I've said before, I just have a face that people talk to. He's carrying two bags of prewashed lettuce and is looking for precooked chicken strips. He's fixing dinner for his girlfriend. So I walk him over to the cold case where they are and wish him a wonderful Valentine's Day.

Twenty years ago, I would have been squeezing into a tight dress and been going out all hot stuff. Now days, I have a different kind of mighty. I have the superpowers that moms all over the world have. We can give advice, find things, pat hands, clean up cat mess, negotiate family conflicts, and bake cookies.

We middle-aged suburban ladies have mad skills.

Be Mighty!

That is all I have to say.

Marilyn.

Happy Valentines!

Roses are red,

and you're heaven sent.

and so I am sending

a pink elephant...

to say that I love you

and that you are neat.

May your Valentine's Day

be especially sweet.

Best thoughts,

Marilyn.

.