RELATIONSHIPS January 13, 2003 Issue

Love me, love my typewriter

By Ginny Luedeman

I LOVED the old typewriter I bought at a yard sale. I displayed it several ways—in front of the fireplace, as a holder for dried flowers, and even as a bookend. I thought it was a great conversation piece.

But not everyone in the family thought it was so wonderful. Returning home from shopping one day, I saw my husband heading out the front door with my beloved typewriter in his hands.

"Where are you going with that?" I demanded. "This old thing has bothered me for years," he said. "I'm putting it in the trash, where it belongs."