An Ode to My Typewriters or “Thank you, Miss Begley” or ASDF JKL;

People are surprised that I use a manual typewriter to create my first drafts, but I don’t think anyone would be more astonished than Miss…

People are surprised that I use a manual typewriter to create my first drafts, but I don’t think anyone would be more astonished than Miss Annabelle Begley, my typing teacher at Niles West High School in Skokie, IL. We crossed paths the first semester of my sophomore year. Miss Begley’s voice was tinged with a slight Southern accent, and she bore more t…