I was joined by recent Xavier grad Sayo for a session of "free thoughts." Students, faculty, and others gave us a great range of topics and appreciated what we were able to type for them over an hour and a half.
A couple of roommates await their Free Thoughts:
A Xavier colleague joined us with some trepidation. Her topic: daring to create!
Sayo has been borrowing this red Underwood Champion for a few months, and says he's posted all sorts of typewritten notes and reflections around his house. Between that and his great performance in Free Thoughts, I decided that the typewriter should belong to him.
Here are some of our creations.
The next two were tough—they were written for a young woman who had just lost her grandfather. She said he was a woodworker who made doll beds for her.
*OK, a voicebox is an organ of the body.
Very nice poems.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful typewriters.
All make for a great day.
Here's a sad note on one of those Hy-Lo tables. Someone put one in the trash in Portage and posted it as free on Craigslist, and my truck was out of service! I already have one, but spare is always nice to have.
Shoot! They're great tables, very handy.
DeleteAnother fantastic set of poems! I'd say that Sayo earned his shiny new machine there. :D
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, Richard! I loaned a student a 70s Royal this semester and he has really taken to it; loan now extended through summer, and let's face it, probably a gift. They chose each other. I have moved my whole collection into my university office so they can get USED more and circulate more: they want to roam and write! Will be hauling a few over to a year-end reflection event at the campus faculty support shop tomorrow. Peripatetic typewriters are happy typewriters!
ReplyDeleteAnd I envy both your historically-signicant tables!
DeleteThanks, Chris! It's true: typewriters want typists, and when the two—er—click, who are we to break them apart?
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