"Where You Found Joy," an installation by street artist WRDSMTH, recently brought a set of uplifting, typewriter-themed messages to The Bloc in downtown L.A. These pieces share some appropriate thoughts as we embark on a new year.
one typist in the 21st century
Monday, December 31, 2018
Friday, December 28, 2018
A thank-you from a typewriter-loving kid
We all know that kids love typewriters, and many of them surely asked Santa for one.
With permission from her grandpa, who shared it with me, I'm reproducing a letter from a certain eight-year-old whose wish was fulfilled.
With permission from her grandpa, who shared it with me, I'm reproducing a letter from a certain eight-year-old whose wish was fulfilled.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Kids typing letters to Santa
Continuing the theme from my previous post, here's a delightful report from a Georgia typist, reproduced with his permission:
Good evening Richard,
I became a member of the insurgency a few months ago after reading your book and seeing the obligatory “California Typewriter” film. A couple of weeks ago I took the initiative to call a friend who owns a local Mexican restaurant that has a kids' night every Monday and asked her if she would like me to bring a few typewriters for kids to write letters to Santa. She said yes and my wife Michele and I took six nice manual typewriters and a copy of “Click Clack Moo” to the restaurant for them to use this past Monday. To our surprise, there were 32 kids from 4 to 10 years old who used a typewriter for the first time to send Santa a letter that night.
At the end of the night, we also had a drawing among the kids and gave away a nice 1960 Smith Corona Galaxie that I picked up for $20, cleaned it up following your tips and installed a new ribbon.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Jason Upshaw
Tifton Ga.
Thanks to you for spreading the typewriter joy!
Good evening Richard,
I became a member of the insurgency a few months ago after reading your book and seeing the obligatory “California Typewriter” film. A couple of weeks ago I took the initiative to call a friend who owns a local Mexican restaurant that has a kids' night every Monday and asked her if she would like me to bring a few typewriters for kids to write letters to Santa. She said yes and my wife Michele and I took six nice manual typewriters and a copy of “Click Clack Moo” to the restaurant for them to use this past Monday. To our surprise, there were 32 kids from 4 to 10 years old who used a typewriter for the first time to send Santa a letter that night.
At the end of the night, we also had a drawing among the kids and gave away a nice 1960 Smith Corona Galaxie that I picked up for $20, cleaned it up following your tips and installed a new ribbon.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Jason Upshaw
Tifton Ga.
Thanks to you for spreading the typewriter joy!
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