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National Handwriting Day

National Handwriting Day: Celebrating a Lost Art

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Celebrate a Lost Art on National Handwriting Day Happy National Handwriting Day, everyone! I hope that you awoke to find new, freshly-sharpened Blackwings in your pencil cup and stacks of fresh notebooks on your desk, just waiting to be filled…

Blackwing Pencils in the Wild! “Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives”

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Blackwing Pencils - The Disney Animator's Choice If I were a pencil-pushing superhero, I like to imagine that I would have a dedicated phone line solely for alerting me as to the presence of Blackwing pencils in the vicinity. If that phone…
Handwriting of our Forefathers

We the People: The Handwriting of Our Forefathers

Quick: Name five men whose signatures appear on the U.S. Constitution. If your answer included “John Hancock,” try again; his signature famously appeared on the “Declaration of Independence.” However, a host of political luminaries…
Cooking with Julia Child

Cooking with Julia Child Stirs Up Memories – PPC

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Cooking with Julia Child Stirs Up Memories There are two schools of thought when it comes to writing in your books. There are those who believe that pencil jottings in a book's margins are tantamount to sacreilige, and there are those who…
Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch, a Singular Sensation – PPC

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Pencils and Pop Culture: Marvin Hamlisch, a Singular Sensation The music world lost one of its greats this week with the unexpected passing of songwriter, composer and musician Marvin Hamlisch. Once called, "The Fastest Pencil in the Country"…
Pomp and Circumstance

Pomp and Circumstance… and Pencils – PPC

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Pencils and Pop-Culture: Pomp and Circumstance... and Pencils All right readers, hands up – who’s been watching the Olympics this summer? For my part, I know I’ve been glued to the screen, soaking in all of the pomp and circumstance and…
Memories of Anne Frank

Bearing Witness: Memories of Anne Frank

Memories of Anne Frank I will never forget the first time I read the diary of Anne Frank. I was about nine years old, and I had read about the remarkable Anne Frank in an issue of  American Girl magazine. What captured my attention about…

Silence – the Ultimate Form of Expression? — PPC

Pencils and Pop-Culture: Silence - The Ultimate Form Of Expression? On this blog, we talk about expression - creative expression, expressing yourself, expressive gestures, expressions that have passed from the common vernacular. You name it,…
Mad Men

“Mad Men” Water Cooler: “Far Away Places”

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Welcome to this week's Mad Men watercooler! As always, spoilers are ahead, so if you haven't watched last night's episode, find a place far away from this post... Mad Men Water Cooler - "Far Away Places" First off, RIP Roger and Jane’s marriage.…
Oscar

Academy Awards have Oscar: Award Names Explained

Academy Awards Have Oscar: Award Names Explained Some award names make sense. The Golden Globes are, well, a globe that's golden. The Grammys are short for "gramophone," which makes sense given the fact that a golden one crowns the music industries…