You see how out of TOUCH I am with typing. I couldn’t even spell Olympia! This is my first blog…

Neglect! Disuse! But not forgotten. Thank goodness for that. I’ve come a long way since finding this little blue boy…

Oh my! It’s been a while. I had typed up a few posts for June–during our anniversary vacation down in…

The hour was late, but I decided to at least get this Royal Quiet De Luxe in working order. I…

The other day, a patron at the library wished me “Happy Memorial Day!” Though I have no doubt his heart…

I’ve heard complaints of new ribbons–the sort you might find at Staples–being dry. I have no complaints here. In fact,…

Okay, he’s not perfect. There appears to be an escapement issue, as evidenced above. But this ultra-portable Olympia Splendid 33…

This Brother EP43 is infuriating. How are you supposed to set the margins? Without the manual, I have no idea….

In my search for expanding my collection beyond Smith-Coronas and Royals, I snagged this Olivetti Lettera 25. Admittedly, when the…

Has your paper roll ever fallen into your coffee cup? Yeah, that just happened. Sure, the cup had been recently…

they’re waiting for me to become soft, open to their kind they’ve waited so long, patient for the moment my…

I’ve picked up, I believe, four more typers since my last post. Though I keep checking–and hoping–to find some locally,…

Thank you, Staples, for providing 8 1/2″ (not by 11″) thermal fax paper rolls. To set the record straight, the…

I had so much fun using this Royal Futura 800 to type part of a letter yesterday, I decided to…

So this is interesting! I decided to fiddle with this Sharp PA-1050 one last time before looking to sell it…