I love reading your newsletter. Thank you so much. I had an Underwood just like this one in high school! I love the sound of a typewriter! I do notice hidden messages. Just yesterday I went to prepare the final few months of a home business in our ledger. The last month was the last page and will be our last month of business as we retire in June. I heard the message loud and clear. Also so saddened by the attack on the Ukraine and saddened for the people in Russia protesting the insanity. May we all remain together and may the world heal. 🌻
I so appreciated this theme of messages. For reasons unknown, the message on the typewriter platen made me think of the bag of letters I have in my bedroom closest—letters my parents sent to each other when they were separated for a year due to moving and closing a business. They came to me after my mother died and I've only had the heart to put them in order chronologically and read one at random.
I have a collection of letters my parents wrote to each other when my dad was stationed in Japan during the Korean War. They weren’t married yet and you can see them falling in love with each page. It took me a really long time get to the point where I could sort and read them all, so I understand your feelings. The time will come, eventually. ❤️ For me it was while I was writing my memoir. Their “voices” really helped me through the more difficult parts of the writing.
My mother had an old Royal Standard and I used my Corona for many years until computers came on the scene. There was something so satisfying about hitting those keys to create words on a page. Your writings and wonderings are treasured whenever they arrive. May peace be known in Ukraine and around the world. ☮️
Those Royal standards were hefty, solid machines! And yes, typing on a typewriter feels so different than fluttering away on a laptop. Satisfying indeed!
Always lovely to receive your newsletter and musings Ami. And, I’ve been meaning to let you know how much I appreciated “Daughter of Family G”. I finished reading it recently and it is a masterpiece. Thank you for your research and sharing so deeply. Would love to talk about it over a cup of tea some day. Hang in there over on the Bay.
Ahhh the typewriter. So many memories...my grade 11 typing class where the nuns would dingle a little bell to let us know it was time to stop our test; my mom making extra money typing essays for university students in our basement; the black corona which felt like an antique even then. Thank you for capturing the magic Ami. Your posts make me pause and go into another space. Such a gift. And so enjoy reading the places where others are taken too.
Thanks for sharing your memories! I live that your mom typed for university students for extra cash. I watched a documentary on typewriters last year called “California Typewriter” and enjoyed it, but it didn’t have nearly enough stories of women and typewriters. Guess I’ll have to chase those stories down myself. 😉
I love reading your newsletter. Thank you so much. I had an Underwood just like this one in high school! I love the sound of a typewriter! I do notice hidden messages. Just yesterday I went to prepare the final few months of a home business in our ledger. The last month was the last page and will be our last month of business as we retire in June. I heard the message loud and clear. Also so saddened by the attack on the Ukraine and saddened for the people in Russia protesting the insanity. May we all remain together and may the world heal. 🌻
Love it when the “message” gives the heart a much-needed boost! ❤️
I so appreciated this theme of messages. For reasons unknown, the message on the typewriter platen made me think of the bag of letters I have in my bedroom closest—letters my parents sent to each other when they were separated for a year due to moving and closing a business. They came to me after my mother died and I've only had the heart to put them in order chronologically and read one at random.
I have a collection of letters my parents wrote to each other when my dad was stationed in Japan during the Korean War. They weren’t married yet and you can see them falling in love with each page. It took me a really long time get to the point where I could sort and read them all, so I understand your feelings. The time will come, eventually. ❤️ For me it was while I was writing my memoir. Their “voices” really helped me through the more difficult parts of the writing.
I really look forward to your newsletter as it is so beautifully written, just like everything you write ☺️ and this one was no exception.
I live in Nova Scotia as well and the theme of this installment really hit home.
I think "The Hunger Moon" sounds like a title to a book.....
Thank you! ❤️
My mother had an old Royal Standard and I used my Corona for many years until computers came on the scene. There was something so satisfying about hitting those keys to create words on a page. Your writings and wonderings are treasured whenever they arrive. May peace be known in Ukraine and around the world. ☮️
Those Royal standards were hefty, solid machines! And yes, typing on a typewriter feels so different than fluttering away on a laptop. Satisfying indeed!
Always lovely to receive your newsletter and musings Ami. And, I’ve been meaning to let you know how much I appreciated “Daughter of Family G”. I finished reading it recently and it is a masterpiece. Thank you for your research and sharing so deeply. Would love to talk about it over a cup of tea some day. Hang in there over on the Bay.
Thanks, Beth!! And yes, I’m so looking forward to the day when tea and conversations are regular events. 💗
Ahhh the typewriter. So many memories...my grade 11 typing class where the nuns would dingle a little bell to let us know it was time to stop our test; my mom making extra money typing essays for university students in our basement; the black corona which felt like an antique even then. Thank you for capturing the magic Ami. Your posts make me pause and go into another space. Such a gift. And so enjoy reading the places where others are taken too.
Thanks for sharing your memories! I live that your mom typed for university students for extra cash. I watched a documentary on typewriters last year called “California Typewriter” and enjoyed it, but it didn’t have nearly enough stories of women and typewriters. Guess I’ll have to chase those stories down myself. 😉