Q: There are several Old English fonts available online. Clearly you would prefer to draw your own, but these are helpful tools for practicing. Choose a relatively simple version of the font to begin with. Avoid fonts which looks complicated or have a lot of decorative flourish. It may also be helpful to search for blackletter typeface is another term which refers to the font which is found in the Gutenberg Bible. Blackletter typeface is recognizable by its extreme thin versus thick strokes. Gothic and Fraktur are other terms sometimes used to describe the same font. You will want to hold the pen by the holder as opposed to the nib. You can hold it just like you would a fountain pen, between your thumb and forefinger. You generally want to hold the tip at a 45 degree angle on the paper so your nib would produce a diamond shape when you move it in the same direction it is angled. Start this with no ink at all before you move on to using ink. Get a feel for how to hold the pen and move it over the paper. Test out turning the tip at different angles. Repeat this process after inking your pen. Only dip it as far as the vent hole. This is the hole in the center of the nib. Dipping further than the vent hole will likely provide too much ink, which will then pool on the paper. If the ink seems stuck and isn't flowing, dip the very tip of your nib in the cup of water to draw it out. Dip the entire nib in water every couple of minutes to rinse it. This is especially important with permanent inks as it will be difficult to remove the ink from the nib once it dries. " Lower case letters are generally less elaborate in the Old English alphabet and therefore easier to begin with. These two letters also involve only one simple line. This will be the basis for the rest of your practice. Ink your pen and place it on your blank piece of paper with the tip at a 45 degree angle. Draw the pen in the same direction as the nib is angled until you have made a diamond with approximately equal sides. This is the top of your "i" and is known as a lozenge. Starting in the center, bottom portion of the lozenge, still holding the pen at a 45 degree angle, draw the pen straight down to create the stem, or minim, of the "i." Repeat the process of creating a lozenge to cap off the bottom of the letter. This time, keeping your pen at the same angle when you reach the bottom, draw the pen up and to the right at the opposite 45 degree angle to make a thin upward tick like a tail. You can also repeat this tick move to dot the "i." Create an "l" using the same process as creating the "i." The difference here is that the minim will be longer by several nib lengths. The trick is to maintain a steady hand to keep the line straight and constant. Repeat these two letters several times before moving on to letters involving more curves and pen strokes. All letters are made of a combination of pen strokes. At this point you will want to add curvature to a letter. This is done by either elongating the stroke you used to create the tick at the end of the "i," or by changing the direction you pull the pen after a couple of nib lengths. To create the bottom of a "u," simply make the same tick you used at the end of the bottom lozenge of the "i," but elongate it to 1-1.5 nib lengths. Use the exact same process as creating an "i" to finish off the "u." Reverse the tick move to create the top portion of the letter "c." Begin by moving your pen upward to create a thin tick, then pulling it back down at the 45 degree angle to make the top of the "c." Return your pen to the beginning of the tick mark and pull it straight down for a couple of nib lengths, then 45 degrees to the right for another couple of nib lengths to create the curve. Then draw the pen up to create an elongated tick of about 1.5-2 nib lengths to complete the "c." These few strokes are all you need to be able to complete the alphabet. Practice them in different combinations to complete all of the lower case letters several times, then move on to making capital letters There are some which are more decorative than others. As your skills increase, consider adding more detail to your letters. Increase the size and detail in the first letter of a paragraph or page. Draw a box around the first letter and fill it with vines, flowers, or your own design.
A: Print out an Old English font. Pick up your pen. Trace the letters on your print out with your pen. Dip your pen in the ink. Start simple with the letters "i" and "l. Add curves to your writing. Practice the entire alphabet. Experiment with variations on Old English fonts.

Q: Most stir-fries already call for ginger in their recipes, so replacing it with ginger paste is an easy alternative. Mix 2 tablespoons (30ml) of the paste into a wok filled with vegetables. For more ginger flavor, marinate the meat in the paste as well. The zest of ginger will help remove the fishy aftertaste. Spread the paste on top of steamed fish or use it as a dipping sauce. Alternatively, you can serve the paste alone as a palate cleanser after the meal is finished. Add the paste into gingerbread mix in place of fresh ginger to spice up your cookies. Additionally, adding ginger paste to apple crisp or pie will make a spicy sweet dish you're sure to enjoy. Mix in 3 tablespoons (44ml) of the paste to the filling. Heat up 1 cup (240mL) of water to a boil. Put in 1 tablespoon (15mL) of ginger paste and stir. Strain the liquid into a mug with honey and lemon juice. Make cold tea by adding 1 tablespoon (15ml) to a 1 qt (.95 L) pitcher of water and refrigerate overnight. Instead of using ginger beer, use soda water. Drop in a cube of ginger paste and fresh lime for a strong and fragrant flavor. For a more intense ginger flavor, use ginger ale instead of soda water.
A: Add ginger paste to your stir-fry vegetables. Spread the paste on steamed fish. Spice up desserts with ginger paste. Steep the paste in water to make ginger tea. Mix frozen ginger paste into a Moscow Mule.

Q: Say the wake command to wake Alexa and she will begin listening for your next command. The default wake command is "Alexa," but if you've changed it to "Echo," "Amazon," or some other command, then use the wake command you previously set. If you wanted an alarm to wake you up at 6:30 in the morning, you would say "Alexa, set an alarm for 6:30 AM." This alarm will go off at 6:30AM the next morning, but would not repeat. If you wanted your alarm to go off only on the weekdays, you would say "Alexa, set a repeating alarm for 7 AM." Alexa will then ask you, "On which days?" You would reply, "On weekdays." You can also reply with things like "Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday," to set the days you want the alarm to repeat. When setting an alarm, you can select any artist, song, album or genre you want. For example, you could say "Alexa, set an alarm for 8:30 AM to Open Mike Eagle," or you could even say, "Alexa, set a repeating 6 AM alarm to 60s music." If you want to use music from Spotify or another service, you need to specify it in the command. For example, "Alexa, set an alarm for 7:30 AM to Drake from Spotify." If an alarm is going off and you want Alexa to stop the alarm sound, you could simply say, "Alexa, stop," or "Alexa, cancel." You can also snooze alarms for 9 minutes by simply saying, "Alexa, snooze." For the Echo Show or Echo Spot, you can manage your alarms from the screen. Say, "Alexa, show me my alarms." Then you can simply delete an alarm by swiping it to the left.
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Say "Alexa". Ask Alexa to set a one-time alarm. Ask Alexa to set a repeating alarm. Ask Alexa to wake you up with music. Ask Alexa to stop an Alarm. Ask Alexa to show you your alarms (Echo Show and Spot only).