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This website is supported in part by a grant from the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston

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Almost Time for Tom to Close

Almost Time for Tom to Close

Molly Ovenden, Typewriter Poet (Giveaway Adventure Pt 2)

Molly Ovenden, Typewriter Poet (Giveaway Adventure Pt 2)

An Adventure in Giving Away Typewriters

An Adventure in Giving Away Typewriters

Boston-Area Type-Out

Boston-Area Type-Out

The Paperblogging Typewriter Giveaway 2023

The Paperblogging Typewriter Giveaway 2023

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On the Collecting Habit & 14 Reasons I Collect Typewriters

On the Collecting Habit & 14 Reasons I Collect Typewriters

So You Want to Buy a Typewriter?

So You Want to Buy a Typewriter?

27 Ways I Use a Typewriter

27 Ways I Use a Typewriter

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Article by David Stromberg in The Hedgehog Review:

The Creative Mind in Captive Times

Thinking under oppression

Do Interesting: Notice. Collect. Share. (Do Books, 36)

A fun compilation of ideas that, you know, I might actually do.

A brilliant and readable history! I waited months for this to come in at the library so great was the demand, then saw right away I would need to OWN a copy to mark it up properly.

Reading this together with my teen. Superlative, enjoyable, compelling.

typewriter diaries

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Typewriter Diaries: Olympia SM9 Revisited

Typewriter Diaries: Olympia SM9 Revisited

Typewriter Diaries: the Imperial Good Companion

Typewriter Diaries: the Imperial Good Companion

Typewriter Diaries: Olympia SM3

Typewriter Diaries: Olympia SM8 & SM9

Typewriter Diaries: Olympia SM8 & SM9

Typewriter Diaries: Olympia Splendid 99

Typewriter Diaries: Olympia Splendid 99

“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.”

— Ursula LeGuin

other typewriter tales

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Almost Time for Tom to Close

Almost Time for Tom to Close

Molly Ovenden, Typewriter Poet (Giveaway Adventure Pt 2)

Molly Ovenden, Typewriter Poet (Giveaway Adventure Pt 2)

An Adventure in Giving Away Typewriters

An Adventure in Giving Away Typewriters

Boston-Area Type-Out

Boston-Area Type-Out

The Paperblogging Typewriter Giveaway 2023

The Paperblogging Typewriter Giveaway 2023

Crappy Draft by Real Woman

Crappy Draft by Real Woman

The Typewriter Cat is Getting Fat

The Typewriter Cat is Getting Fat

The Incomparable Power of Writing Yourself a Letter

The Incomparable Power of Writing Yourself a Letter

An Analog Magazine Interview with Tom Furrier

An Analog Magazine Interview with Tom Furrier

A TV Interview at the Typewriter Shop

A TV Interview at the Typewriter Shop

Typewriter Poetry, Sean Petrie, and an Awesome Librarian

Typewriter Poetry, Sean Petrie, and an Awesome Librarian

So You Want to Buy a Typewriter?

So You Want to Buy a Typewriter?

Hopping on the Hermes Bandwagon

Hopping on the Hermes Bandwagon

posts on nature journaling

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Coping with COVID Through Art & Nature

Coping with COVID Through Art & Nature

How Do You Teach Nature Journaling? With Love

How Do You Teach Nature Journaling? With Love

A Seat at the Back of My Class: Nature Journaling

A Seat at the Back of My Class: Nature Journaling

The Smallest Art Goal: Pencil Inches

The Smallest Art Goal: Pencil Inches

When a Gift is More than a Gift

When a Gift is More than a Gift

Be Comfortable with Questions, not Answers

Be Comfortable with Questions, not Answers

An Early Morning Winter Walk with John Muir Laws

An Early Morning Winter Walk with John Muir Laws

If You Can Paint One Leaf, You Can Paint the World

If You Can Paint One Leaf, You Can Paint the World

Audio: Nature Journaling & John Muir Laws

Audio: Nature Journaling & John Muir Laws

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