In a world of digital distractions, these Kansas City wordsmiths embrace analog typewriters

Photo caption: After her father, Bob Sanders, was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, Martha Sanders memorialized his love for typewriters with a tattoo. The mural behind her was painted in his memory at Kansas City Academy, where her father served as dean of students. Photo credit: Julie Denesha / KCUR 89.3. Article by Julie Denesha. NPR: Kansas City – July 29, 2022.

Among the old furniture and knickknacks that crowd the aisles of Reclaimed by Michele, a vintage shop in North Lawrence, Kansas, Alison Dishinger is on the hunt. As she carefully picks her way through the antique wardrobes, desks, and stacks of plates that cover nearly every surface, she’s keeping an eye out for something in particular. “So this is part of what typewriter enthusiasts do,” Dishinger says. “And we’ll always have our eye out for that box, that square box. Usually they’re on the floor, they’re underneath something.” […]

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