Category: From the Desk of Reverend Munk
Typecasts from the desk of the Right Reverend Theodore Munk
All publicity is good publicity…
So hey – quick note: Sara got a call from a reporter for us to go meet him down at Mesa Typewriter Exchange at 4pm for an interview, possibly about Bill’s shop, but maybe something about the resurgence of interest in typewriting (elsewise, why talk to us rather than just Bill?) Hopefully I can catch […]
Practical Typewriter Collecting
Good evening, ladies and gents. Today’s sermon is for those who are newly inducted into the exciting world of collecting and admiring the writing machines of the past century. A bold journey awaits you, hidden on dusty shelves in thrift and antique stores, baking in the hot sun on rickety card tables at garage sales, […]
Spreading the Word…
Phoenix Typewriter Round-Up and a Wedding…
What a whirlwind of a Saturday! I woke up Saturday morning with a burning desire to discover the true identity of the Clark Nova from “Naked Lunch”, for some utterly pointless reason – it had just been bothering me for weeks and I had to know. Well, OK. So I load up the film in […]
Type-in and wedding tomorrow!
Time is a mover, she never slows down…
Letterhead of the Apocalypse
The First of March Twenty-Eleven
Typecast from the newly rediscovered Remmie Model 1, Whose name is now Kipling, and who sports a new ribbon.
Promises, promises…
Wherein I show off some of my old handcrafted stationery and make vague promises to write real letters to more people. What looks like a sickly bluish color in this scan is actually metallic silver. It looks sort of trippy in real life.
To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth…
I was thinking up names for this blog and I think I have one I like. It’s the title of this post! It’s inspired, of course by the title of Jeff Cooper‘s “To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth“, which was one of his best books and required reading around the ranchito. I don’t […]