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I had to use a typewriter the other, to fill in a form at work.

It was both pleasing and agitating. I learned to type on a typewriter. The very same model I used the other day, in fact. It feels quite productive to sit and hear your words hammered out the way a blacksmith is able to ring out his labor in ear-thrilling echoes.

On the other hand, though I'm a good typist, I was embarrassed at myself for needing the corrective tape so frequently: Microsoft Word has spoiled me.

In other words, this is not the only place I write. I write at home, and I write at work, and sometimes I don't write, but I do type on a typewriter. (Have you ever typed on a manual typewriter? Now that is the verbal extension of a blacksmith: rather like driving without power steering.)

Here is a sheaf of pages I've written elsewhere - sans the copyright form I rat-a-tat-tatted out on the Smith Corona XE1950.

Self-Denial in a Recession: Observing Lent During Lean Economic Times, by Elizabeth Glass-Turner. (It is also on the homepage, under the "Lent" section.)

Mercy Ministries: Healing Hospitality. An interview with Nancy Alcorn, by Elizabeth Glass-Turner.

From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An interview with Dr. Sandra Richter, by Elizabeth Glass-Turner.

Gifted Leads the Way: A review of Nancy Beach's new book, by Elizabeth Glass-Turner.

Handcrafted Hope, by Elizabeth Glass-Turner

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