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Introductions / Hello from Ohio
« on: March 25, 2023, 07:40:25 PM »
I am so pleased to have discovered this forum. I am a hobbyist at best and have lots of questions all of the time.
I grew up in Geneva, Ohio, the home of Platt Rogers Spencer. I even attended the elementary school named after him. The house where he lived is in the process of being restored with the intent of it becoming a museum.I still live in the area and am a member of the Platt R. Spencer Historical Society.
I am a retired elementary teacher who taught cursive writing for many years but my wish was to learn Spencerian writing. Now that I'm retired I've been able to take some classes to help me learn to write using Spencerian script. My brain at times seems to be at a default setting for Zaner Bloser, which is what I taught to my students. Luckily, there are a lot of similarities in letter forms. I've learned that sometimes it's the little details that make things easier, like learning how to adjust the flange on my pen so that the pen point is at a good angle for the way I hold the pen. What a difference!
I grew up in Geneva, Ohio, the home of Platt Rogers Spencer. I even attended the elementary school named after him. The house where he lived is in the process of being restored with the intent of it becoming a museum.I still live in the area and am a member of the Platt R. Spencer Historical Society.
I am a retired elementary teacher who taught cursive writing for many years but my wish was to learn Spencerian writing. Now that I'm retired I've been able to take some classes to help me learn to write using Spencerian script. My brain at times seems to be at a default setting for Zaner Bloser, which is what I taught to my students. Luckily, there are a lot of similarities in letter forms. I've learned that sometimes it's the little details that make things easier, like learning how to adjust the flange on my pen so that the pen point is at a good angle for the way I hold the pen. What a difference!