Whence did the wondrous mystic art arise
Of painting speech and speaking to the eyes?
~William Massey
I was trying to write a letter calligraphically today, and for some reason I used little embellishments on my Es, like this:

After showing the sample to my mom, who wasn’t to sure about the Es, I wondered where I had [...]

A few days ago my boss sent me an email containing this sentence: “Don’t have to fill it out yet, but let’s get the table crafted.” Of course, he wasn’t trying for poetry; he was just writing quickly. Still, I was attracted by the adroit way he handled the word “don’t.”
You probably noticed that the [...]

At a high school event a couple of years ago a friend told me that he would be able to spell quite proficiently if it weren’t for all those doubled consonants. In my opinion, that’s quite an accomplishment: doubled consonants are the least of English spelling troubles. A good illustration of my point is the [...]