Author: McFeats

Professor, writer, hiker.

The Struggle for Context in the Digital Age

On Doctorow and the Humanizing of History

A Typewriter in Amber: Some Thoughts on E.L. Doctorow’s Homer and Langley

Stranger in the Home

How to Avoid Swallowing Draino as a Means of Avoiding Ironing Shirts: A Music Review

Back to the Groove: Work, Music, and Smoky Reflections

Space Between Space: Thoughts Before Returning

Tar Man Blues Take Two – a poem

Tar Man Blues Take One – a poem

Colorado Typecast#10: Last Call

Colorado Typecast#9: The Hummingbird’s Coda

Colorado Typecast#8: Flight of the Sunbirds

Colorado Typecast#7: Rainy Days and Typewriters

Typewriter Booty in Cortez, Colorado.

We made our annual trip to the Antique Corral in Cortez, Colorado. I usually score some typewriters there. Today I picked up one. The portables all were priced fairly. The standards, all in miserable condition, were overpriced. Can you see what is missing on the Underwood 3? Mad props goes to the reader who can…

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Colorado Typecast#6: Lake Eileen Trail

Colorado Typecast#5: Tiny Living

Colorado Typecast#4: Boots and Gems

Colorado Typecast#3: Lingering Signs of Winter

Colorado Typecast#2: Late for the Type-in at Albuquerque, NM.

Colorado Typecast#1: Living Simply