Typewriter Stationery

What's even more awesome than sending a hand-typed letter is getting one in return.  It's better to receive than to give, ha!  I'm filled with pure happiness when savoring a letter from a type pal. It's better than feeling a little insecure about writing & mailing them.  Is my writing too simple?  Am I going overboard with the typewriter talk?   Will they like the stationery?  Lately I've grown confident that I'm being totally silly.  We'll all adore each other's letters no matter what, because we're all neat folks and we use cool TYPEWRITERS!
 

 
Slowly but surely I'm catching up with correspondence.  I've sent out several letters these past few weeks and already I've gotten a few in return.  Fun!  Here's an example of the typewriter-themed stationery I make, with a letter from a year ago.  I meant to post it our TypePals.com community but never got around to it, much like some of letters I've digging out and sending.  Y'all know who you are! ;-D 
 

A Medley from my Machines

Sometimes I type stuff and then leave the paper in the platen to write more later. It makes sense for recurrent events and journaling. It's a little awkward when replying to Type Pals. I've spent way over a month writing letters, which is sort of neat to me, so I'll finish what was started and mail them off anyway. I'll even add a whole new letter, like a cover-page with apologies for taking so long to respond. This post is like one of those letters: Something old, something new, something random, something cool, in a typecast just for you.

Cute, huh? All lines are 8 syllables, so they could be songs too. I'd have to investige which typewriter was the first one. The other two are definitely from that first Electra 220 because I recognize Regency #80 by the unmistakable "g" like it's handwritten

Next are ramblings during two Typewriter Club Live chats. If you're the type of person who'll read anything just because it was written on a typewriter, then here's just the thing for you. ;-D

Yikes! That was way too many first person "I..." sentences. Learning to write better will require more thoughtful typewriting time. Fun!

 

February Archives

I'm always typing something during our Typewriter Club Live chats. What else are we supposed to do with our hands? I promise to do better with following through and actually posting my musings. Here's the stuff from the February chats.

Hello From a One Year Hiatus

    Hi, typewriter fans! Wow, I can't believe it's been a whole year since I last posted. Needless to say I've been quite busy with family and work as we all do. It's nice to take a break and shake my tasty dash here and there to this wonderful world of the typosphere. I began this typecast during today's Type Pals Typewriter Club Live then completed my thoughts in a rambling fashion after we signed off. This is nothing more than typing for the pure joy of typing while trying to work out a few kinks with the machine, and then posting it to share with Munk and other folks like us who dig this sort of fun. Everyone's typed stuff I've read over the years is all amazing, and I've had a blast chatting and geeking out over favorite machines, techniques, and all the important acoutrements. Type Pals, y'all rock!

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Type Pals, October 22, 2023

Typing for the Pure Joy of Hitting the Keys

I'm always snapping away at the keys while we're all chatting on Typewriter Club Live. Sometimes I make creative stories and songs in response to the typing prompts. Other days I'm just taking minutes of the meeting, like today....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUGqsLrVIjU

Typewriter Club Live + Classic Pica Electra 120

I love all the folks who hang and chat on Typewriter Club Live!  Our wonderful host Gregory Short creates fun typing prompts to get us banging on our machines to read out loud what we've typed.  Of course, we always show off any new or remarkable typewriters, like my latest acquisition with a unusual typeface.

What is the strangest thing you've ever found in a typewriter?

Here's the answer to the Typewriter Club Live typing prompt.  I banged it out on my 1954 Royal Quiet Deluxe that got a fully rubber-ducky treatment, AKA dunking in a sink full of hot soapy water and typing the hell out of it.  I joined late in the meeting, like the last 30 minutes, and as always, it's a wonderful chat with like-minded typewriter fans. Though it's virtual, the friendships are real. I missed you, Ted, Bob, Brenda, and many more, especially Sarah who's been away for a long time now. Life does get in the way of typewriter fun. Sometimes I wish I could be living in the mid-century when typewriters were everywhere. Then again, I might not appreciate them as much as I do now, and I'd probably constantly be upset about the huge gaps in gender inequality. I'm glad typewriters have helped to make life better for women!