Anything with a typewriter on it gives me a thrill. Christy Hale, herself an illustrator of several beautiful children’s books, knows my weakness. (These are some of the covers of her tomes). She sent me these decals — which I’m saving for a special occasion. The cool thing is — I’d just met the creator…
Loved Ellen. Loved the show. Loved, loved, loved the wall of 30 or more typewriters when they gave the writing award. Penelope Cruz + Robert DeNiro. Standing in front of a backdrop of classic restored machines, all with paper rolled in their carriages. “Get me a screen shot!” I screamed, delirious with pleasure, pacing in…
LOUISE MARLER, reknowned “TYPEWRITER ARTIST” asked me to be a “GHOST WRITER” for a TYPE IN next Saturday, March 8th from 1 to 4PM at her studio near Santa Monica Airport. (L.A. MARLER STUDIO … 3000 Airport Avenue .. Santa Monica, CA 90405. (310) 204-0452). Free. The best four-letter word ever. Bring anything you don’t…
Author Isaac Asimov and I both want typewriters in Heaven. This is his musing, as found in “The Sun”, a newsletter for writers that I get. **** “A couple of months ago I had a dream, which I remember with the utmost clarity. (I don’t usually remember my dreams.) I dreamed I had died and…
Phil Siegelman’s son Steve also has talented hands. He’s a cookbook editor — a former set designer — and when his father wasn’t feeling well, he made him this teeny-tiny typewriter. I am not usually an envious person, but I must admit I wish MY daughter would make me one of these sometime. Jamie, are…
Excuse the bad camera work — I’m the world’s worst photographer — but you get the idea. These are the hands of my father’s best friend Phil Siegelman, a former professor and one of the most brilliant men I know — showing me a tiny pop-up box he made for his wife Ellen’s birthday. I’ve…
My writing teacher Linda used to dread writing thank you’s — because she, like me, is more computer-dependent than a pen & paper lover. “Just type it,” I urged. “It’s better than sitting on it and feeling guilty.” I’m glad to see Linda took my advice — and because she’s a fabulous scribe, her message…
My cousin Lauren needed help. “You have a typewriter, right?” she asked, slightly panicky. “Two of them,” I said. “In two different rooms. Why?” “Are they wide carriage? My friend has a typewriter but it wouldn’t work for what I need.” I didn’t know. I promised to call Ermanno at Star Office first thing in…
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/nyregion/manson-whitlock-typewriter-repairman-dies-at-96.html Manson Whitlock was the world’s oldest typewriter repairman. I never even knew him. And yet I’m sad he’s gone. My friend Adam Silverman told me — from 30,000 feet up, while on airplane jetting back from New York. He saw the story in a New York Times magazine article in December. Manson Whitlock came…
My friends Linda and Myron Reichert sent me this story about Anthony Casillo, age 57. He’s a typewriter mechanic in Garden City South, New York. If I’m ever in that part of the state, I’ll make a pilgrimage to meet him. In the meantime, I’m glad I have Ermanno from Star Office Machines right nearby….
