Monday, 31 October 2011

Magpie colours

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Old technology.















I take such pains to make it right,
Avoiding mundane and the trite,
Seeking hues
Just right to use,
But out it comes in black and white!

PS. All the writers in my family were girls except the electric typewriter which was a Brother.

More writers' blues can be read about at Magpie Tales.
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21 comments:

  1. hyperCRYPTICal31 October 2011 at 7:28 pm

    Oh good stuff - love the Brother bit!

    Anna :o]

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  2. Jinksy31 October 2011 at 7:55 pm

    I had a Brother sewing machine - and a brother brother, too, come to think of it...LOL

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  3. Doctor FTSE31 October 2011 at 8:03 pm

    Nice one, Stafford.

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  4. Anonymous31 October 2011 at 8:50 pm

    Dear Stafford: Oh Brother! This is absolutely fantastico! I adore this even if it was only ever, back then, in "black and white". I remember those days quite well!jj Chiccoreal

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  5. kaykuala31 October 2011 at 11:33 pm

    Stafford,
    Great Limerick! Prints black and white and stuff. I can relate to that. Thanks for the memory!

    Hank

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  6. Ann Grenier1 November 2011 at 12:22 am

    I like this Stafford ... black and white. It would have been nice to have a brother.

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  7. Jingle Poetry At Olive Garden1 November 2011 at 1:06 am

    love this,
    brilliant,
    Happy Halloween.

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  8. Isabel Doyle1 November 2011 at 1:33 am

    the sisters were writers and the brother was typist?

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  9. Kathe W.1 November 2011 at 2:01 am

    lovely black and white - my first non-paper and pencil writing device was an Olivetti portable typewriter for going to university! and that was back in the "dark ages"

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  10. Glenn Buttkus1 November 2011 at 4:08 am

    15 years ago, the VA took
    away my trusty IBM Selectric,
    with correction mode, and gave
    me the Apple brick, the first
    computer we begin to use in
    place of typewriters. I moved
    slowly to accept keyboarding
    replacing typing; but here we
    are, butt-deep in technology,
    strapped to our new habitual
    behaviors; but love your glance
    back; never heard of a Brother
    for some reason; have a real
    one to compensate though.

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  11. Roy Schulze1 November 2011 at 4:27 am

    Black and white, but read all over. Nicely done, with an audible groan at the end. My Magpie this week is Poet.

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  12. Brian Miller1 November 2011 at 6:20 am

    there is something comforting in the black and white though...funny on the PS stafford...

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  13. Carrie Van Horn1 November 2011 at 7:31 am

    Our typewriter was my sister....love this Stafford! :-)

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  14. Tess Kincaid2 November 2011 at 2:48 am

    A Brother! Squawk!

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  15. Martin4 November 2011 at 4:53 am

    Nice one, Stafford. Reminds me that we are all singers in our family, apart from the sewing machine.

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  16. The Blog of Bee5 November 2011 at 10:04 am

    Nice. I had a tan Brother at one point!

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  17. Anonymous5 November 2011 at 12:18 pm

    perfectly comfortable piece.

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  18. Helen6 November 2011 at 7:11 am

    No one could call you mundane OR trite ... loved this little ditty. This comment comes to you from lovely Roswell in Atlanta Georgia! Hope you are safe and happy!

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  19. M. A. S.20 November 2011 at 12:10 pm

    I don't think I've ever seen a poetic P.S. Very well done.

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  20. M. A. S.20 November 2011 at 12:11 pm

    And Brother is still around... in some form.

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