Dear WW: to take pity on your paté, FF's description of his wife's writing reminded me of Horace Greeley, whowe cacography was legendary. Allegedly a couple of his underlings put ink on a chicken's feet, and held it over one of Greeley's editorials, then showed it to Greeley and asked what the word was. "Unconstitutional, you damned fool."
I found a dozen sites mentioning his failing, but none worth citing here.