My friend MATTHEW DEVLEN — whom we met in Sweden when Vin was made a “Knight” — knows I love typewriters. He sent me this one — that looks like it was done by an artist on acid. I wrote him back, asking for more details. What artist? Where does he live? Does he type…
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…
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…
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…
Melissa Crandall sent me a story about a camp in Mendocino designed to help people detox from their devices. Typewriters are a featured part of the recovery, as the reporter discovered (this is her poem). I just have one question: where would I go to detox from typewriters? https://experiencelife.com/article/digital-detox/?et_cid=873951&et_rid=41089693&et_attr1= Please Share
Ceramicist/potter Adam Silverman travels the world, and he keeps an eye out for typewriter memorabilia for me where ever he goes. He also collects hotel stationery, when it’s nice, and that’s a diminishing world, believe me. (When was the last time YOU snagged a few pieces of nice paper from a hotel room to write…
New York Times piece on Sunday, 9-14-14: “The Sounds of the Past By Hope Reeves * There’s nothing like the sound of clack-clack-clacking booming through a loudspeaker to boost your concentration — and if not that, then at least your energy and enthusiasm. So hopes the brass at The Times of London, which recently began…
Chuck Larsen found this lonely typewriter – just as it was used by a former lighthouse keeper, we imagine – at the historic “Lighthouse Keeper’s house” in Point Sur, California. He writes, “The local group that maintains the lighthouse for tours has outfitted the house with furnishings as they would have been in 1950. The…
Chuck Larsen is a world traveler. He and his wife Shelby readily admit they’re running out of countries to go see. Their latest adventure was in Mongolia. Chuck, a skilled photographer, is wonderful about getting shots of typewriters from all over the world for me. This one he found in ULAAN BAATOR, MONGOLIA. He says,…
