Tag: Royal

Typing creates words…

When ever I type a page I look at the end result much in the same was as an artist to a painting. I see words on a page much like brush strokes on canvas. The end result may not suit the taste of many but I like what I see enough to want to put it on display.

In this case I used a 108 year old Royal typewriter. One that shows its age and the final results reflects this as well. For me pressing the keys of a 1911 machine is magic… Seeing the strings of a puppet does not distract from its message… at least it did not when I was young and even the movement of clouds in the sky was wonder!

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Cheap way to feel better…

I typed this post on a 1962 Royal Futura… the same year that Duke Ellington recorded an album with Coleman Hawkins. I have found that listening to this recording and typing on a typewriter lifts my mood.

I will also add I listened to Duke Ellington with Count Basie… and found on the INTERNET a 1969 video of Johnny Hodges playing “Black Butterfly” and he was smiling… I had forgotten how easy it is to be amused… to become captured in the sound’s and mood of great performances of good music…

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The report is the elephant seen by the blind…

I will clearly express the view that spending 5 days to read the Mueller report was a waste of time. It was that the actual report was not what people claimed it was or was going to be. It seemed to be the elephant as describe by “blind people”. It is a report that will not change one view of events… it is a report that will alter your perception of what goes on behind the curtain. No one seems happy with the conclusions… but that is often the case when one seeks to find truth and not just support for one’s perception. Why do we not find common ground that bonds us instead of pits us against each other!

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Greatness is all around…

My 93 year old Uncle tells me that as a small child I carried books around and insisted that people read to me.  He claims I sought “knowledge”… Considering some of the books included Yogi Bear and Tennessee Tuxedo; I think I was after entertainment and when a grown-up person said: “Smarter than the average bear…” or “Hey boo… boo” I was amazed.

60 years later this act of kindness still resonates with me.  He did not have to read to me or put up with the demands of a small kid… but he did.  Perhaps it is one of the reason’s I have views and values that put such a high premium on civil interactions.

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