fragmented communiqués

I spent the morning finishing off some letters to friends, local and remote. I've been striking away at my old Smith-Corona, using carbon paper on type-paper as the ribbon mechanism seems to have gotten destroyed during my attempts to reload it. But it's quite beautiful to reflect on the used carbon paper after a full page has been typed out on it: all the little letters appearing white on the darkened side, sometimes a little light shines through where the letter keys have stamped right through. I also think that reading anything in mirror-image is an entertaining brain task and so I enjoy how challenged my faculties of comprehension are  when I try to make sense of the backward message. In fact, in the end, I decided that the carbon-sheet was far more interesting than the good copy and decided to send it instead. I plan on keeping the printed versions and posting them on various poles and bulletin boards in the spirit of my recently eliminated facebook profile. I intend on building more of these messages and seeing if any passers-by find themselves compelled to respond. Should be interesting...