Depending on how things go

July 21, North Bottomlands Loop, Howard Buford Recreation Area.

        It’s not like I feel bad, exactly, about not blogging. It’s more like the feeling of wasting a resource. But that’s silly, of course.

        First of all, having made this list for a friend, I’ll go ahead and share it here, for what it’s worth. I have pared my collection down to 17 typewriters this year, from a peak of around 45 machines back in 2018. Here they are:

Adler J5

Royal Empress

Hermes 3000

Hermes Rocket

Montgomery Ward Escort 350

Olivetti-Underwood 21

Olivetti-Underwood Lettera 32

Olympia SM3

Olympia SM9 (“Elite-1”)

Olympia SM9 (“Elite-2”)

Olympia SM9 (“Pica-1”)

Olympia SM9 (“Script”)

Smith-Corona Classic 12

Smith-Corona Galaxie 12

Smith-Corona Skyriter

Smith-Corona Silent

Underwood 320

        Next of all, a little updating regarding our new-house-getting adventure. As noted in the previous entry, our offer was accepted. Then we had a house inspection done and the sewer scoped. The former didn’t really uncover anything major. Some things here and there need to be dealt with at some point, but we can take care of them in our own time. The sewer, however, needs to be repaired, to the tune of several thousand dollars. We submitted an addendum to our original offer asking for a corresponding reduction in the house price, and today we found out that the seller has agreed! Tomorrow they have movers coming to empty the house, and then there are two days of deep cleaning scheduled. Once the house is empty and clean, we can close! So that could happen as early as this week, I suppose. But realistically we are fine with next week.

        Once we take possession, we’ll get the sewer repaired, look into getting a gas insert for the upstairs fireplace, and hopefully get that done soon. We’ll also try to get a few basic repairs done that were noted by the inspection team. While those things are happening, we’re planning to start moving stuff over that we don’t need access to at the old house, like typewriters, CDs, LPs, books, clothing, etc., etc. We’ll also make sure we’ve got chairs and a table, glasses and beverages, and something to play music on over there, so we can hang out and enjoy the vibe of our new house. We don’t foresee actually living there until late next month, depending on how things go. Things are (finally) about to get busy and crazy!