Occasional Poems are verses written for specific occasions, birthdays, arrivals, departures, etc. These were written over many years -- I'll add to this blog as I find more among my files. Please note there is some duplication with other blogs, but this one is intended to mark the occasion prompting the work.
Saturday, October 21, 1995
My Olivetti Typewriter Attends Johns Hopkins
At Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in 1988-1989 I didn't have my own computer like everyone else. I was writing all of my papers on an elderly Olivetti portable. I got a paper back from a class with Dr. Fitzhugh Mullen, written either by Dr. Mullen or his assistant Dr. Mary Anderson. It had a very nice grade but also a note that I should "euthanize my typewriter!" and this was my response!