I feel like I’ve been doing a decent enough job with this blog since launching it late last year. Sure, I realize that it hasn’t really been all that long, but it has been long enough that I can detect certain differences since I first started off. Because of this, I’ve known for a little …
I find typewriters to be endearing for a number of reasons. Among them would be the fact that these machines in good condition require little in the way of repairs over the course of their existence, relatively speaking. Beyond that, the seemingly simple notion that typewriters can actually be repaired (often by the owners themselves), …
l was recently asked if l was a typewriter collector, to which I replied “no”. This despite the fact that l had amassed a small collection of these machines in the few months that had passed since buying my first. I feel the same way when it comes to my vinyl records. Even though I …
It stands to reason that most people who take the time to read blogs about typewriters, such as this one, are themselves typewriter enthusiasts. As such, I don’t feel overly awkward about asking if you remember what your first typewriter smelled like. Well, do you? I ask in part because I already know that I’ll …
The more time that I spend typing on different typewriters, the more that I’ve been paying attention to the way they feel. These are complex machines and they all go about things slightly differently from one brand to the next. Not only that, but it’s not uncommon to experience a difference in feel between two …
As I sit here typing out this note, 2020 is drawing to a close. I can’t imagine that there are too many people who aren’t thankful to see this year come to an end. This has been a crappy year to end all crappy years, at least those years during my lifetime that is. Yet …
