Scouting out the backyard
Category Archives: Books and Short Stories
Reflections on a Plastic Forest
looks like a real one
Filed under Books and Short Stories, Photography
The “Car” Issue
my father in his 1974 Mercedes
1990 Baby Benz: car #12
1980 VW Westfalia
1990 Mazda Miata – the first production year
have fun in your 1973 MGB
Filed under Books and Short Stories, Photography, VW Vans
Tale of the Dog (Bus)
a happy bus dog
bus sign says”out of service” but dogs can’t read
bus dog out for his Sunday romp
Filed under Books and Short Stories, Photography
NaNoWriMo – excerpt 2
Getting close to the finish line here. Three days to go and I need 2100 more words to hit the magic number of 50,000. One problem – impossible to wrap it up that fast! More furious typing ahead. Have switched back to the ultimate typing speed machine, Hermes 3000 in order to up the production rate to the max.
Filed under Books and Short Stories, Typewriters
Novel in Progress
NANOWRIMO = November novel writing. I’ve had no time to think about blogging since November 1st, as I have been busy every evening writing a novel. Of course I am typing it, and using lots of different machines. I have discovered that the larger typefaces scan to OCR with better results than 12 characters per inch. Sadly this means I had to stop typing in bed on my Hermes Rocket, since it has small type and the OCR results are rather poor. This novel is a continuation of last year’s, minus the deceased characters of course… This scene takes place in Delhi at a train station. Typed on a Smith Corona Classic 12 ($5 at church sale).
Filed under Books and Short Stories, Typewriters
Research Pays Off
happy old men – a typical Florida street scene
Filed under Books and Short Stories, Typewriters
