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Finding the Old Typewriter

We found the old typewriter in 1967 None of us knew whose it was at one time It was hidden in a corner of great grandma’s attic At this time, I was using an electric typewriter. This antique typewriter was nigh onto impossible to use You had to push the buttons with the force of a sledgehammer We did not find the unfinished novels until two days later. Great grandma’s daddy had been a writer! This intrigued me. No one had ever said this to me before. I felt a kinship to him as I read his pages. He was pretty good. I wondered why everyone had discouraged me from becoming a writer. It was obvious now that the talent is in my family.

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Date: 3/2/2022 12:06:00 PM
True or fantasy? I loved when I learned that my grandpa (died when I was two) wrote poetry.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/2/2022 7:53:00 PM
It is fantasy
Date: 3/2/2022 12:05:00 PM
i love this story, caren! well told, too!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/2/2022 7:53:00 PM
Thank you - I take a bow
Date: 3/2/2022 9:42:00 AM
What a treasure! Caren, I really believe that some talent comes from past lives. I played the piano at three without a single lesson. I play by ear and read music. I have no idea how I can do this, but it comes quite naturally. No lessons ever! The only explanation is that in a past life someone taught me piano. Since I play somewhat in the style of Mozart, I have wondered if I was one of his proteges.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/2/2022 7:53:00 PM
I believe we take our talents throughout our incarnations.

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