Levitating

Ah, here we are in the first days of summer 2021. Levitating by Dua Lipa is my new favorite song. I've typed it out to practice singing and playing it on my guitar.  If you're lucky enough to be my Facebook friend, you can experience my enthusiastic attempt. :-D

Origami and Typewriters

There are many different ways to fold a little book from one sheet of paper. Here are my two favorite easy methods, though technically they are not true origami because of the cutting. The square one is a little more complex than the rectangular one, but both are simple enough for a beginner. An internet search will provide lots of tutorials of many types of creative origami books.

The rectangular one is easy, and scrap may be used since the back of the paper doesn't show in the book. Fold first, add the content, and then do the cutting. Cutting the paper before inserting it into a typewriter makes it more likely to get caught in the rollers. Here's is a printable booklet on how to make the booklet . Simply expand the image to print all the way to the edge of the paper and follow the folding instructions.

The square book is a little more complex to fold and requires a perfectly square sheet, ideally with colored and white sides. The colored side of the paper become the front and back covers, and the inner pages are white. The inner pages can be tacked with their backs together, or pulled out like a centerfold to reveal the decorative backside of the paper, where creative additions can be attached.

My First Typewriter Club Live

     I talk loud, fast, and a lot when I'm nervous.  That's exactly what happened when I joined Typewriter Club Live for the first time.  I teach science in rooms packed with teenagers.  I've done morning news segments featuring holiday crafts when I worked at Michaels.  I've stood on open-mic-night stages, just me & my acoustic guitar, playing original songs to mixed crowds.  But never have I ever sat virtually face-to-face with Joe Van Cleave and Ted Munk, two of some of the brightest illuminati of the Typosphere.  It's the same nervous, excited feeling regular people get when meeting their favorite celebrities.