Sunday in Claremont
Reading lists, string lights, and soup. An ordinary Sunday, with one painful interruption.
A Live Blogroll for the Typosphere
With Claude’s help, I added a live Typosphere blogroll to the footer of my site. It updates on …
My Adler Universal 20 Typewriter
I’ve always thought of my Adler Universal 20 as a handsome machine. It is also huge, which is …
Olympia SM3 Typewriters Talking to Each Other
In reply to Chris’s take on Webmention. Chris, a hello back from my brown SM3 and an additional …
Olympia SM3 – Professional Elite Type
I’ve started using this typewriter to send Webmentions to other members of the typosphere.
What do we see when we look through a Sony Ericsson?
Framed across a sun-dappled lawn, this video offers a serene, wide perspective of cars gliding past leafy trees …
Turning Seventy Years Old
Sandy accompanied me to the Benton Museum of Art to help me celebrate turning seventy. Here we pose …
House Numbers and Yard Signs in Claremont
Rolling clothing racks crowded with tie-dyed tank tops, patchwork dresses and rainbow-striped tops line the sidewalk outside a …
SCM SMITH-CORONA CLASSIC 12
This typewriter is sitting in the trunk of my car. I just picked it up at Goodwill in …
SILVER-REED 750 TYPEWRITER :: A Typewriter I Used Often Ten Years Ago
This was my nice writing setup ten years ago with a novel planned out on the whiteboard. I …
CURRENTLY READING: Homage to Qwert Yuiop by Anthony Burgess
I’m reading Anthony Burgess’s Homage to Qwert Yuiop, his journalism from 1978 to 1985, and enjoying it immensely. …
Jay Maisel Passed Away
I just learned today that one of my photographer heroes, Jay Maisel, passed away August 23, 2026. He …
BOB MARSHALL, TYPEWRITER MECHANIC :: Keeping the Old Machines Alive
Congratulations to Bob Marshall, typewriter repairman extraordinaire, for his TEDx Talk. Marshall, founder of Typewriter Muse, got some …
1959 Cadillac
A 1959 Cadillac — the fins are tall, sharply pointed, and the taillights are true bullets sitting at …
I Illustrated the Entire New Testament. Every Verse. All of It.
I want to tell you about something I just finished, and I’m going to try to do it …
Kurt Vonnegut: Deadeye Dick
This film was part of the acclaimed BBC Arena documentary series. Throughout the film, Vonnegut discusses his family …
