Meghan Michaud is a fellow Rhode Island School of Design Trustee. She saw that I posted about my father’s being ill — with a strange infection. She knew I was worried — and so came up with her own form of little red valentine: a typewriter on display at the RISD Museum. I thought that…
Jim McCaw, a photojournalist who’s written for The New York Times and many other publications, is downsizing. He sent me two machines from his home in Michigan… one of them this Coronamatic 8000. I just found the Warranty & Owners’ Manual that Jim included. This baby was produced in 1977. Hmmm– that makes it a sexy…
I took my ailing Olympia Compact 2 to Star Office Machines to have Pedro look at it one more time. ‘”Something’s wrong with the carriage, ” I told Ermanno, who doesn’t usually look at such lowlife. “Right here,” Ermanno pointed. “It should be catching. Pressure’s off.” He was right of course. It took less than two…
My friend SUSAN BERGER — who I’ve known since our father worked together — lives up in Northern Califorina and spotted this story she thought i’d like. She was right. I grew up reading Herb Caen’s column about the wilds of San Francisco… so the concept of sitting on a huge typewriter that is audio-enabled…
https://medium.com/backchannel/the-last-of-the-typewriter-men-729f150c5083 My cousin Lauren Gropper, who I just saw for Passover, sent me this stellar story about the ‘last of the typewriter men’. Thanks, Lauren, for keeping an eye out for iconic stories like this… I appreciate it! Please Share
This proves once & for all a typewriter is a work of art. Please Share
Justin Wilkes has a travel typewriter, so when he goes on vacations, he an unplug and ‘go off the grid’. Unfortunately, something was wrong with his baby. He made a journey to GRAMERCY in Flatiron, New York this morning, and was delighted to see what was behind the mysterious blue door. He didn’t tell me…
Louise A. Marler, a typewriter artist, and I went to Star Office Machines today to see Ermanno, our favorite mechanic. We’re prepping for a proposal on — guess what? — and needed Ermanno’s thoughts. We got to see some really cool machines — our version of ‘kicking tires’. Our master mechanic wasn’t there but his associate Pedro…
http://antiques-furniture-online.com/v/RARE+TRAVEL+TYPEWRITER/P7955 I don’t know who “LINDA HORN” is, but I’m going to need to start following her site — look at this magnificent portable she’s selling! For $7,500 — you can buy a travel typewriter all covered in crocodile. It looks incredible. I’d rather have this than a purse! I told my friend Carol Polisner…
My paper addiction is fed by JENNIFER HRONEK, who knows where to find the best ‘stuff’. Here she sent me some great cards from Trader Joe’s — and I wrote her back, of course, on one of them. Please Share
