I have not been too present here on Vocal lately for I have been working on a project for my new job as a text-to-text transcriptionist. Been working on 200 or so handwritten recipe cards for DittoTranscipts.com. Some of these recipes are really hard to read, but it is also fun for it is like solving a mystery or a completing a puzzle of various ingredients and directions on how to make them.
Sometimes I still cannot believe that I found a job using a skill that I learned somewhat in high school and again during my year in business school. Well, I least I am and have used everything I learned throughout my years of education and study from teaching to nursing to transcribing and even writing here on Vocal, which with all the ups and downs is still a fun place to read and write.
I am still writing those drabbles on the 'Dork' series there should be more posted soon and I am still going to try and write some more drabbles on Grimm tales and also on Edgar Allen Poe stories and poems on how and what I see and learn from them. I am almost halfway done with those recipes for Ditto and since working on those I have had not a lot of time to catch up on all my notifications here or even to write.
To me writing is the best profession for it's really all the professions in one if you look at it in certain ways. One day you can be in a classroom the next in courtroom and the next even in an operating room for writing you are a teacher, lawyer, nurse or doctor. You share your ideas and creativity in all and many more professions even though some may be weird at times, but being a writer, you can be whomever you need to be.
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Mark Graham
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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In being a Copy typist
Good news! for having been looking for positions that allow me to use the skills that I have learned since high school. For the past two to three years, I have been searching for jobs that will allow me to use my typewriting skills such as typing from handwritten materials in many subjects for that day has arrived. I started my first project for Ditto Transcripts.com typing handwritten recipes, and there are a lot of them.
By Mark Graham9 months ago in Critique
Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH7 days ago in Critique
Nurses Strike in New York City Hospitals
**Nurses Strike in New York City Hospitals** A large-scale strike by nurses has taken place in New York City, drawing national attention to the challenges facing the healthcare system. Thousands of registered nurses working in major hospitals across the city decided to walk off the job after negotiations with hospital management failed to reach an agreement. The strike reflects deep concerns about working conditions, patient safety, and fair treatment for healthcare professionals who are considered the backbone of hospital care.
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Comments (6)
Congrats on bringing home the bacon, sir! Your observations here on the importance and wide-ranging utility of the written word are well-wrought!
Congratulations on your new job, Mark! 😃
Great!! Good to hear about your new position! 🙂💕💗💖
I agree with the sentiment, no matter how hard the road can be.
Interesting article, and it seems to be you are quite we need your voice and written. I do hope you're ok. Well written and good luck.
Awe you have been missed good luck with the recipe cards and your job don’t stay away too long. Was wondering where you are 🌼😊🌼