Rob and I collect typewriters, and the Oliver, featured in this 1922 ad on Modern Mechanix is the prize of our collection. The visible action is beautiful and smooth. It’s so nice to see the original ad copy for it.

I’ve got my ticket back to Portland. I’ll be arriving at 1:06 on the afternoon of the October 27th. Then, I’ll be jetting off to Austin, TX for World Fantasy Convention on November 2nd, returning to Portland on November 5th.

Rob will come back in December, probably on the 15th. We’ll both be in the states until January 7th. We have not finished the complex negotiations about where we will be when we are both in the U.S. and yes, this means that if you ask me where we will be at Christmas, I won’t know.