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Author: McFeats

Professor, writer, hiker.

On the Subject of Work and Life

Black Bodies; White Violence

Puttin’ on the Foil: The Boston Bruins in 2022-2023

Game photos from March 2020: Bruins in Florida.

Turntable Maintenance and a Return to Nick Cave and PJ Harvey on Vinyl

From The Filthy Platen: http://filthyplaten.blogspot.com/2014/03/identified-nick-caves-typewriter.html?m=1

The Gaze, the Imaginary Other, and Eric-Paul Riege’s Fiber Art

Living Beyond the Grid and Resisting the Attention Economy

An Irish Toast to Passing Winter (and to Broken Ski Poles)

With Great Effort Comes Great Reward: Hiking Mount Taylor

Heading to Mount Taylor

It’s nice to see Joe Van Cleave in the news today.

I feel a little guilty for posting this without a typewriter in front of me, but this is fresh off the press. Joe Van Cleave made the news today: https://www.abqjournal.com/2580182/typewriters-type-in-albuquerque-library.html

ChatGPT Grading Papers

Snowshoeing through the Zuni Mountains

Another Page of Snow

Typing to the Rhythm of Time: A Black History Event

Hiking and Writing in Two Ecosystems in One Day

Thinking about Jazz

Petroglyphs at El Morro National Monument (Hiking and Thinking)

The crow laughs.

Winter Hiking and Analog Living

Identifying Flann O’Brien’s Underwood Typewriter for the John J Burn’s Library Blog

I was in the midst of some research on Flann O’Brien (Brian O’Nolan) when I took a closer look at Boston College’s John J. Burns Library’s Blog The site itemizes its collection of Flann O’Brien’s personal possessions. Today I took a closer look at the description of his Underwood, and I noticed some discrepancies. Image…

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Hitting the Trails in Gallup

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Composition I (Summer Course)

Composition I

I built a mountain bike (FROM SCRATCH)

because my AI robot doesn't exist to do it for me (and would I really trust it?!?!) :)

Mountainbiker

Finding motivation to love riding!

CHRISTIE FITZPATRICK

film + digital photographer

Michigan Typochondriacs

Everything typewriters in Michigan and beyond

Writing Rules

grammar, usage, and style

Composition II (ENGL1120)

An Analog Diary

Collect - Converse - Convert

Composition 1 (ENGL 1110)

Writing Course

The Brokedown Pamphlet

war some of the time

Michael Prihoda

Author - Editor - Freelance Writer

L.T. Hanlon

Amsterdam Assassin Series

Suspense Fiction by Martyn V. Halm. Mail: katlasieltjes@yahoo.com. haiku/poetry on Instagram: @amsterdamassassin. Twitter: @Tao_Of_Violence. Facebook: katla.sieltjes

The Jazz Duck

reflections on the jazz canon / building a jazz library / new jazz, reissues, & archival releases

Jazz With an Accent

Global music in the 21st century

Blog di iljazzsecondoandrea

Jazz Desk

News, reviews and reflections from the world of jazz.

a rambling collective

Short Fiction by Nicola Humphreys

American Literature: The Geography of Who We Are

The Rusty Slug

Collecting, restoring, and using typewriters in the modern age.

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