Esther Inglis, excerpt from Proverbs of Solomon (1599) (all images courtesy the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford) When was the last time you sat down to write a letter? In an increasingly ...

Note Georgia O’Keeffe’s signature squiggle in this 1939 letter featured in the exhibition, “The Art of Handwriting.” Image courtesy of Archives of American Art The American painter Charles E.

Schools across the country have slowly been phasing out the traditional requirement that students learn cursive, leaving some wondering what will happen to handwriting. Does anyone still pine for the ...

Emailing, tweeting, texting — 20 years ago, these things were unheard of. Now, we can’t live without them. Although the advances in technology are amazing, we can lose some things along the way, as ...

Frequently I find an indecipherable item on one of the many lists I make for myself each day. Am I supposed to pick up melons at Albertsons for tonight’s dinner or write a memo to Albert about the ...