Uncommon Good Books
Typewriter in the Window
Garrison's Bookstore
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Garrison Keillor's bookstore is a popular spot for book purchases and author readings. I can't tell if the typewriter displayed in the window is or isn't an Underwriter that belonged to him. Guess I'll have to go to the shop and ask him.To learn more about the store in its new location, go here.
To find out how to meet Garrison, go here.
To see more ABC WEDNESDAY "U" photographs from bloggers around the world, go here.
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December is birthday month in our household, Happy Birthday, DH
I've always loved old typewriters and would far rather have an old manual than an electric.
ReplyDeletehappy birthday, dh. hope there's a lot of good celebrating going down today in your world.
ReplyDeletej'aime bien l'idee du fauteuil pour representer l'ecrivain
ReplyDeleteI wish I had the old typewriter that I used as a child, which looked like the one in your photo.
ReplyDeleteI wrote my own version of a newspaper as a 5th grader. Lining up the columns for the baseball standings was a chore.
Is this an independent bookstore? They are rare now days. We have one, but its more of a new & used bookstore, I love it.
ReplyDeleteI love Garrison Keillor and would love to run into him here. One of these days I'm going to go to one of this radio shows.
ReplyDeleteSaw him 2 years ago. It WAS a treat. Storytellers are such a 'gift'.
ReplyDeleteYou don't see many typewriters any more. My Mother had one that looked like that one and she let me use it to learn to type. She even taught me how to change the ribbon.
ReplyDeleteDecember is the birthday month for our house too!
Been a fan of his for years. A Prairie Home Companion makes for great listening!
ReplyDeleteBirthday Wishes to DH!
A Minnesota classic! I used to love listening to that radio show.
ReplyDeleteHope you get back to ask him about the typewriter. :)
I saw GK in Albany at the university a couple years ago. Also saw the PHC movie, since I listened to his show forever. Yay for the independent book sellers!
ReplyDeleteI learned how to type on one of those old manual typewriters! Wish I still had one!
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Yeah I still love to use a typewriter whenever I get a chance. Its so archaic and yet so fun
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Happy Birthday DH! I cannot recall how long its been since I last used a typewriter. I like the idea of an old school typewriter but nowadays I just send the odd email..
ReplyDeleteI've read some of Keillor's works and enjoyed them a lot. He's funny guy. I doubt if he's used that typewriter in recent years but maybe in the past. Yes, go ask him. Please.
ReplyDeleteAnd Happy BD to DH!
Great 'u' idea for abc ~ neat photo ~ (A Creative Harbor) ^_^
ReplyDeleteCan you believe I have never been there, Kate? Perhaps that's where we should meet next time!
ReplyDeleteAnd who hasn't typed on an Underwood? I mean, those of us who are old enough...
ReplyDeleteCool. If he wants to have a bookstore, more power to him.
ReplyDeleteI saw Keillor and his team put on a Prairie Home Companion show live one time. It was impressive that they could put on an hour-long show without notes, and then do a completely different one the next week.
How neat that you can just go ask Garrison Keillor a question!
ReplyDeleteAnother Keillor fan...
ReplyDeleteI saw Keillor two or three times in California, standing up on his own (well, Roy Blount, Jr. was with him once) and wearing his trademark red socks. Remarkably funny - better, I think, than Prairie Home Companion. How nice that he has a bookstore!
ReplyDeleteCalling by as another ABC Wednesday participant, what a wonderful old typewriter.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of GK, and of PHC. I had no idea that this bookstore had a brick and mortar (have seen the online version). How great that you can just stroll in any old time! Love the typewriter photo!
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday wishes to DH Kate, I'm sure you had a super day..
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