Reasoning Theorems of Success

It can sometimes seem like penmanship is becoming redundant, it’s one that is even nowadays key in many walks of life. A handwritten missive carries more gravitas than a typewritten letter, like an application for a job, an invitation or an apology.

One might imagine it’s a recent fad of the masses shunning handwriting and using a keyboard instead, but way back to the late 19th century, there were complaints that hand writing was ignored due to the typewriter. Nowadays, the charge is being linked to the ubiquitous utilization of computer keyboards.

All the same, there still exists a healthy demand for handwriting ability in in all walks of life. Hand written letters are seen as far more reliable, they demonstrate the writer has carefully thought out her words, while evincing more respect to the recipient. During this era of templated letters, the hand-written missive has never been more compelling.

I have an admission to make here. I have oftentimes been caught red-handed with my awful hand-writing - made worse by years of relying on the keyboard. In situations where I’ve had to hand-write something, my writing’s been a sloping scrawl. That can be embarrassing. So how did I get over this problem?How to solve such a problem? I handwrote as often as I could, and my writing greatly improved. In conclusion, it’s advisable to improve your handwriting through sheer repitition.

Another tip is to get a pen your hand is comfortable with, with refills. A great pen is the famous mont blanc fountain pen. This allows you to brush up your penmanship with the same pen.

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Most chocolatiers have chosen tempering using chocolate tempering machines to free them from the kind of tedium that requires patience and forbearance. This automated machine is programmed to set proper chocolate temperatures and ideal tempers to chocolates at all times.

However, there are still a lot of chocolatiers who prefer using the artisan’s way of tempering, which is the tabliering. This is because handmade chocolates still proves to be one of the top choices of the buying public.

Tabliering comes from the French and includes the process of cooling down chocolate in some kind of heat-absorbing surface, usually a stone or marble slab.

Before you even start, always keep in mind to retain chocolates in its accurate temperatures and make sure that all the equipment are free of moisture since even a drop can make chocolate seize. Seizing is a condition that makes chocolates turn into a tough kind of lump that is not worthy of molding and dipping.

The ingredients that you will need for tabliering is a pound of chocolate, knife, chopping board, spatula, mixing bowl, double boiler and a thermometer.

With a knife cut the chocolate into strips and put the chocolate onto the double boiler. Let the water boil then set it into low. With slow stirring melt the chocolate until it reaches the temperatures of 108-115F, or depending on the chocolates that you are using. As soon as you attain the proper temperature, transfer the melted chocolate, also called “the mush,” to the mixing bowl.

Place 2/3 of the mush onto the marble slab and with the use of the spatula cool it down by simply scraping and folding. While you are busy with that, make sure you have time to check that the rest of the mush is in its proper temperature of 100F.

Once you have attained the right temperature, slowly stir in 1/3 of the mush, until the whole mush have cool down to the same level. Re-heat the whole mush again. If you have dark chocolates, heat to 90F; if you have semi-sweet, heat to 88F; and if you have white chocolate, heat to 84F. Check if you attain the right temper. Dip the spatula’s tip into the mixture and if the chocolate hardens and is shiny enough around its tip in around five minutes, then the chocolate is perfectly tempered.

Just remember to be on guard against any extreme temperature changes at all times since this can turn chocolate distempered, and you need to do the whole process over again. You can use a bain-marie to make tempered chocolate stay in its tempered state for a longer duration.

Graffiti has invited a mixed press in the last few years. On the one hand, talented artists such as Banksy have made walls a place to put a political point across, utilizing stencils to produce technically tricky artworks with political points attached. This kind of graffiti was likely to become trendy with the masses and the likes of The Guardian pressroom : pleasing to the eye, and the intellect. This sort of graffiti is now even bought as graffiti on canvas, and hung in middleclass homes and corporate reception areas.

All the same, what about the other end of the spectrum? - the scally, the tagger, the gangbanger type - this is just seen as antisocial, an offence perpetrated by the untalented. But is graffiti merely art? To many individuals, it’s not only art, but a way to put your stamp on a district, or even a rejection of society altogether : anti-art, anti-social, anti-establishment.

Graffiti has invariably been a covert activity, even though the effects are public facing. The intended audience is often unknown. Is it for a rival gang? A message to an individual? To the public at large? Or….possibly it’s simply uncalled-for and out of boredom.

Whatever the causes, there seems to be some kind of permanent need to spray on walls. Some town councils have admitted that graffiti isn’t a fad, so they’ve designated areas where graffiti is allowed - normally derelict areas, but now and again busier zones like temporary boarding around urban buildings under construction.

MATERIALS

1 x 50g ball Jo Sharp Silkroad DK Tweed in Autumn (85% wool, 10% silk, 5% cashmere) or substitute 8ply/double knitting/light worsted

4.00mm/US 6/UK 8 short needles

2 x 3.00mm/US between 2 and 3/UK 11 double point needles for holding stitches

3.00mm/US C/2-D/3/UK 11 crochet hook

8 lengths of contrasting crochet thread about 15cm (almost 6″) long for marking

Wool needle

Cradle size 12cm/4″

PATTERN

Chain 25 with waste yarn. Cut yarn making a knot in this tail end so you know which tail to pull later for unraveling. Using Autumn, pick up 25 sts through the bump on the back of each chain. Knit one row of Knobble Stitch:

Knobble Stitch

Row 1: K1, *Cast on 3 sts, cast off 3 sts, k1* repeat to end.
Note: when casting on use cable method with needle entering to the left of the entire stitch, not through it.

Knit one row. Continue in Garter Stitch. Have ready the 8 marker threads, the first threaded through the eye of the wool needle.

Next Row: Insert needle as if to knit two stitches together. Hold needles in position. Slip threaded needle through these two stitches and tie a knot in the tails. Knit to last two stitches and repeat the marker thread. You will pick up these stitches later.

Decrease in this way at each end of every right side (alternate) rows until 17 sts remain.

Knit to end of next row but do not turn. Pick up the two decreased stitches that are marked by each thread and knit through (an increase). Snip off each thread after stitch is formed. Keep increasing until there are 25 sts.

Rich side facing, work one row of Knobble Stitch. Place these 25 sts on a double point needle. Carefully unravel cast on stitches, placing each one on a double point needle. Using crochet hook work 50 single crochet stitches (US slip stitch) around top of cradle, going through each stitch held on double point needle. Finish off neatly with a chain stitch link to first stitch. Weave in ends.

Felt lightly by hand. Shape and dry. Place baby in cradle, adding autumn leaves.

Gumnut Babies by May Gibbs (1877-1969)

Flannel Flowers, Other Bush Babies, Wattle Babies, Boronia Babies, Gum-Blossom Babies, Nuttybub and Nittersing, plus two gumnuts Chucklebud and Wunkydoo (available at Bookworm.com.au). More titles by May Gibbs include The Story Of Little Obelia and The Story Of Little Ragged Blossom. Your library may have these.

Esmerelda Jones… The Knitting Wench
Writer Of Desires
Writer Of Old Curiosities

Victoriana, Victorian Swoon, Gods & Goddesses: The Wisdom And Pleasures of Ancient Greece, Classic Romance, Poems For The Passionate, Whimsical Tales, Bushrangers & Australian Pioneer, Ghosts I Have Known, Gypsy Knitting. Ratings and comments delightfully accepted.

Five Poems from Home

1) Remembering: Dorothy Parker
[Dedicated to the 1920s Poetess]

Let it be said,
Dorothy Parker lies dead,
cremated to ash and poetry; thus,
she died at the ripe old age
of seventy-three.

The tiny woman with a big mouth,
who got caught in the rain
and couldn’t get out:
continued to play the game,
all the same,
like drops of rain
upon a pane.

#713 6/2005

2) Changing me

If I’d not be so frank

I’d not create such a stink.
If I’d not be so stubborn,

I’d sleep well in the summer.
If I’d not curse at the bad

I’d be happier and glad.
But I shall remain the way I am

Because I don’t give a damn!

#712 7/5/05

3) Inertia

When I was young
Strong and bold
Right was wrong,

And