Charming Demonstrations and Lamentations: Earlyish Century Penmanship Practice Notebook labeled the batter standing over a

the batter standing over a home plate laid in the grass holding his bat low

6 1/8" l (not including hooks at front and back) x 3 1/4" w x 3 5/8" t

But even if one reads her eyes as closed

giant bloom in shades of pink and peach at right

with a patina beginning to develop on the dry wood surface

Charming Demonstrations and Lamentations: Earlyish Century Penmanship Practice Notebook labeled the batter standing over aAnother old penmanship notebook, because I can't pass them by, and find them all interesting in different ways. This early one, with thick handmade paper cover, is all about the repetition of single words over and over again the outcome of which I find quite satisfying, formally and conceptually, especially when the word is, say "runninghand"! (Runninghand is a style of penmanship emerging in the late 1700s. in which letters are slanted and the words