A bartender in my local watering hole remarked she’d recently visited a vintage typewriter shop with a friend and how much the place excited her. The friend purchased a machine and she wanted one, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, I said, I have three typewriters at home that I don’t use. Would you like one? She jumped up and clapped. YES!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I described the three models and she made her choice. After finishing my beer and the letter I was writing, I drove home, retrieved the typewriter from the garage, and returned to the joint. I presented the typewriter in its case and she was positively giddy. She said she wanted to get back into writing poetry and I said typewriters are great for that because it’s so easy to space words and punctuation\u2014by using your hands. Not a cursor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The episode reminded me of my history with typewriters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My high school graduation present from my mother was an electric typewriter that I used all the way through grad school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cranking out notes on a typewriter when I was traveling the Alaska Highway in a camper with Ray, my great dog. This trip was an attempt to become a writer. It failed then, but bore much fruit later because of the nature of the failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The typewriters I always gave to the editors of the school newspapers and literary reviews I advised over the years. I wonder how many still have them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Th typewriters that I often used as teaching tools in my classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe it is time for me to begin using typewriters again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I visited the typewriter shop the bartender had mentioned, bought a new ribbon from the groovy sideburned proprietor (with typewriters tattooed on his arms) and even considered buying a little German portable, but refrained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exactly what I will write on my typewriter is unknown to me. I do believe I’ll hold a daily morning session on the deck with a little coffee and jazz on the radio. We’ll see where it goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know it will make a pleasant sound for the neighbors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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