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One of the reasons I feel safe and kindred here is because of your embrace of imperfections & your celebration of Billie. I'm looking forward to the new design. I love that you put your heart into everything you do, Jeannine. That typewriter is gorgeous. Rabbit Hole alert: typewriter art is one of the interesting visual poetry areas that I delight in. I don't make it myself but many friends and artists do. https://www.themarginalian.org/2014/05/23/typewriter-art-laurence-king/

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Absolutely love it! Billie, you knocked it out of the park. There’s even a nod to The Part That Burns! So good. Now I’m wondering about the other Easter eggs on the desk.

And ooooooooh aliveness is better than perfection. That’s a keeper!!

PS: I have my grandmother’s antique Czech Underwood typewriter, the one she used to type her letters to me (and other family members). It’s a special heirloom. Curiously, it doesn’t have an exclamation mark. I want to draw it now…

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I love this design, by the way. The font. The color red. Everything. Typewriters are so nostalgic. I have my dad's Smith-Corona on my bookshelf as decor, though I used it all through my late teens and twenties to write on. I'm sure in some box somewhere there are song lyrics typed on that typewriter. The paper might even still smell like smoke! Ha. Anyway, love it.

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Thank you!! And I have a Smith-Corona too! Typewriters are so special.

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I remember that when it turned on, the hum of the motor was always accompanied by a smell, but I can't come up with a description. Makes me want to find one that still works :)

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Love, love this new branding. The vivid colour of red stands out.

"revise our art, we revise ourselves." and you can reverse this... when we revise ourselves and change, we revise our art to reflect our new self and outlook on life.

"Art lives in the space between our ideas and our ability to bring them into being. And there’s always a gap"...some how I find these gaps become too wide due to prolonging the action to bring ideas to life. I am working on practicing on reducing this gap, though it's hard with years of experience of procrastination! Does anyone else feel this way?

There is a saying somewhere, if an idea falls into someones conscious and if not taken action on, will gradually drift away to land on some else's conscious to bring it to life.

Has anyone found Is this to be true?

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I bought a vintage Woodstock about 4 years ago. (It could prob be "workable") I didn't have the money but bought it anyway. I'm a visual person and to me it said, "remember, Writers Write". Also, tho my first born is pushing 33, I have a little car on my kitchen windowsill. (And in surprise places, a stray Lego block, a skateboard wheel bearing-and so it goes). Love that we are growing and changing together. Hoorah on the brave "edit".

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Love the type writer! The new image is light, bright and breezy!

I chose to learn how to type over doing Science B in our Junior High School years (first 3 years of high school).

I learned on a heavy green machine that chunked and clanked all the way to the loudest ding to return the carriage!

It stood me in good stead for ease on keyboards much later down the track!

And, aside, I couldn't bear the thought of dissecting rats in Biology, so I crash studied Physics fir two weeks and enrolled in that for my two final years! Physics still eludes me! Typing was, and still is much more fun!

I still have a little portable typewriter. My baby green one was given away years ago. I think it might have been an Olivetti. Maybe I just want it to be! Just cos the memories are such a gorgeous link!!

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Let's say your baby green was an Olivetti. We get to do that, because we're writing the story, and it's harmless!

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Oh , I love it… and the trinkets on your writing table— the paper crane (may you always soar,) the tree globe, the little red car. The bell! How love the details. BRAVA Billie!

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And Barb, doesn't it remind you of the logo we did for your writing retreats a few years back? Uncanny!

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Yes! I was thinking the very same thing! I loved your design!

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Thank you so much, Barbara xo

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💞

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Wow! Beautiful design! Love the colors. And it fits so perfectly. I grew up typing long papers on a manual typewriter. So the beautiful typewriter works in this space.

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The illustration of your cherry Olivetti is both whimsical and magical. Charming like an arresting smile. It looks fun and flirty to play with QWERTY!

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thank you!! so so joyful to see everyone's responses on here!

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❤️

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Love the design and the close readings that popped up.

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Thank you, Maureen!

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Love the new look!

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Thank you, Sally!

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Everything about this!!

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Thank you, Paulette!

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This makes me super curious about an artist’s creative work space! What items are there? What do they mean? So many secrets and stories behind every object. It’s pretty neat to think about.

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Yes, same, Katie! Watch for little changes as we move along! xoxoxo

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I love the new look! And that typewriter oh my gosh!

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Thanks so much, Ramya!!

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That red Olivetti! 😍😍😍 I have an old Royal Deluxe that weighs a ton but actually works, but needs a new ribbon. I keep it in a glass case with my camera collection. Things I hold dear. Typewriters rule! And so does this new design. I like the openness and simple beauty. I love the collaborative nature of WITD. There is a true childlike wonder and honest beauty that oozes from this space and I am so happy to be here...writing and growing together.

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I have a few vintage ones, too, including a really beautiful Underwood. I love them too! And thank you for that feedback, that's just how I want it to feel, alive and communal. So very glad you are here.

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I love looking at this new design!! So cozy and inviting! So very particular and real-

I zoomed in to see the former WITD emblem on the cover of your book, a red toy car, the golden (school😉) bell, the paper crane,

the tiny pencil, etc. Is that a recipe box to the right side? Or index cards?

And oh- the snow globe! We have a whole thing with Xmas snow globes-at once, heartwarming and funny. My daughter was gifted one each year from her Godmother up until 2020 when she passed.

It was so sweet and funny because although Casey Did remark how very much she loved the very first one she gave her, (as it was ornate, & played music too), she had no idea it would mean it would lead to year after year of ever more globes upon globes!!! 🤣 Now every time we see a Christmas snow globe, we think of Kiki and smile.

That this was a collab of your children makes this even better.

And that red typewriter & the intention behind it, is just the best!!!

I’ve wanted an old fashioned type writer for a long time now. Had my eye on a few and haven’t pulled the trigger. More than one was red.😃 Typewriters remind me of my Aunt Patsy who used to type letters with my now 15yr old when she’d babysit her for us. She was all of about 3 and she’d sit her on het lap & type them out with and for her, in her little voice with her perfectly imperfect toddler speak. I found them one day in the midst of letter typing-Aunt Patsy guiding Tess’ tiny fingers to press the next letter.

As usual-your words are the perfect reminders-& today they are also the perfect elicitors of warm memories. Xo

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🥰Honored to write with you.❤️

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Index cards! For our shimmer and sharding. As always, I love your stories, Colleen. Than you for sharing about your snow globes. My husband has one from his childhood that the grandchildren love, thus including one here. Thank you again. xoxoxo

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