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ORWELL BIRTHDAY TYPING COMING UP

CUFA Office

Yesterday - June 25th, 2011 - was George Orwell's 108th birthday and, as has become an annual ORWELL TODAY ritual, I typed a page from one of Orwell's novels using my grandfather's typewriter which is identical to the typewriter Orwell used - a Remington Portable circa 1930s. See ORWELL BIRTHDAY TYPING 1984 & ORWELL BIRTHDAY TYPING ANIMAL FARM

This being the third year of the ritual I typed a page from COMING UP FOR AIR which was Orwell's third from last novel.

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And, like last year, there was cake and party hats - with the addition of a HAPPY BIRTHDAY helium balloon that's still tethered to my desk as I write this.

CUFA Office CUFA Screen

Above is the scene in my office as I typed COMING UP FOR AIR and a close-up of the ORWELL TODAY webpage on the telescreen. I typed from a thick hardcover one-volume edition that contains all Orwell's novels. The typed pages from the previous years - NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR and ANIMAL FARM - are laid out across the top of the desk.

This, in part, is how the ORWELL TODAY homepage looked:

HAPPY 108th BIRTHDAY GEORGE ORWELL
Baby Orwell & Mother Memorial Orwell Bust
(born Eric Arthur Blair June 25th, 1903 - 2011)
"to the future or to the past - greetings!"

Greetings to you too, George Orwell.

All the best,
Jackie Jura, June 25th, 2011

ORWELL'S COMING UP FOR AIR


...continued at ORWELL BIRTHDAY TYPING CATALONIA

ORWELL'S COMING UP FOR AIR

ORWELL DESCRIBED INTERNET

ORWELL STATUE IN MOTIHARI

VISITING ORWELL'S BIRTHPLACE

SHRINE TO ORWELL

Remington Portables: Classic Typewriter Page

ORWELL'S TYPEWRITER A REMINGTON

ORWELL'S TYPEWRITER MY GRANDFATHER'S

Jackie Jura
~ an independent researcher monitoring local, national and international events ~

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