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The online musings of Michelle Geffken, essayist, mom, sketcher, and teacher. Also a collector of vintage typewriters.

In the midst of a booklength project.

I glean stories, images, and resources that restore resilience and inspire wonder, in myself and those whose lives I touch—a gathering of wonder.

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Molly Ovenden, Typewriter Poet (Giveaway Adventure Pt 2)

An Adventure in Giving Away Typewriters

Boston-Area Type-Out

The Paperblogging Typewriter Giveaway 2023

John Adams & the Quote that Framed Our Year

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On the Collecting Habit & 14 Reasons I Collect Typewriters

So You Want to Buy a Typewriter?

27 Ways I Use a Typewriter

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Rooms of Their Own: Where Great Writers Write

By Johnson, Alex

Lovely illustrations within. Got to love that Hermes 3K on the cover, and the Hermes green color.

Illustrators' Sketchbooks: Inside the Creative Processes of 60 Iconic and Emerging Artists

By Salisbury, Martin

A Year Unfolding: A Printmaker's View

By Harding, Angela

By Nobbs, Michael

I write about the author, Michael Nobbs, in numerous posts.

typewriter diaries

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Typewriter Diaries: Olympia SM9 Revisited

Typewriter Diaries: the Imperial Good Companion

Typewriter Diaries: Olympia SM3

Typewriter Diaries: Olympia SM8 & SM9

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

Featured

Molly Ovenden, Typewriter Poet (Giveaway Adventure Pt 2)

An Adventure in Giving Away Typewriters

Boston-Area Type-Out

The Paperblogging Typewriter Giveaway 2023

Crappy Draft by Real Woman

The Typewriter Cat is Getting Fat

The Incomparable Power of Writing Yourself a Letter

An Analog Magazine Interview with Tom Furrier

A TV Interview at the Typewriter Shop

Typewriter Poetry, Sean Petrie, and an Awesome Librarian

So You Want to Buy a Typewriter?

Hopping on the Hermes Bandwagon

27 Ways I Use a Typewriter

posts on nature journaling

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Coping with COVID Through Art & Nature

How Do You Teach Nature Journaling? With Love

A Seat at the Back of My Class: Nature Journaling

The Smallest Art Goal: Pencil Inches

When a Gift is More than a Gift

Be Comfortable with Questions, not Answers

An Early Morning Winter Walk with John Muir Laws

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

Audio: Nature Journaling & John Muir Laws

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This website is supported in part by a 2022 grant from the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston