Writing: Barbara Shepherd and Dave Shepherd glance down at their written notes–albeit not handwritten–as they talk about writing.
Thanks to Kay Horst S., Jeff O., Kate S., Margaret C., and an anonymous friend for donations through the PayPal button. Thanks as well to Alan H., who sent us the link to the BBC news article that inspired this edition. (2:12)
Writing through history; how are different generations taught to write? We talk about thoughts on this topic from the following sources: the BBC and scaredmonkeys.com. (3:09)
Music bumper from “Edgar Meyer Winter” by Shibboleth (14:19)
Calligraphy: the art of writing (16:02)
Song: “So I’m Writing” by Geoff Smith (20:49)
Rude Word of the Week: “chicken scratch” (25:47)
Music bumper from “Melancolica” by the Mauricio Cuburu. (30:38)
Handwriting today and the effects of technological innovation (31:20)
Music courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network
Theme music by Kick the Cat
Closing theme from “Grapes” by Evan Stone
time: 44:57
size: 41.2 Mb
rating: G (We hope to inspire some young listeners to write a handwritten note to somebody sometimes.)
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