The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Saturday September 16th, 2023
A novelty with an expiry date by Dr Elsa Lycias Joel
That soothing rhythm of typing from an indispensable machine invented by one of the most unselfish, kind-hearted genius Christopher Latham Sholes, lent an endearing enchantment to users and nonusers as well. This piece of his inventive genius we call the typewriter was granted a patent on June 23, 1868. Thenceforward, June 23 is celebrated around the world as Typewriter Day.
Those sounds of clacking keys from the black machine are fresh in my head. It woke me up in a rather nice way far better than the screeching alarm of my analog alarm clock that gave me a jerk. Yet, I loved the clock for its ticking noises that put me to sleep. Everything about this writing machine in my dad’s study was good. Awake or half asleep my toes, fingers and feet moved in sync with the clickety-clack. Dad wrote letters to editors of dailies with so much passion and the sounds coming from the machine made me think he was writing something special in a special way. The precision involved when typing to avoid going back over and over was amazing. Between returning the carriage to its original position and looking at my dancing feet, dad should’ve decided on the right word to type in without the slightest distraction.
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Echoes #poem by Dr. Lawrence Nannery
“Radio bigmouth, and out of that horn
that song.
Back when everything I was was longing
this song exposed it all.
The longing, the loneliness,
the desire to be worthy
if only you would love me,
so strong it was immobilizing,
my whole soul swimming under the feeling.”
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Always something; the family edition #070 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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