During that period between when they close the airplane doors and when you reach cruising altitude and can turn on portable electronic devices, I skim the airline magazine. On the bottom left corner of a page was a mini-article about the Rolleiflex MiniDigi AF5.0 It’s a digital camera version of the traditional 1920’s Rollei.

You look at the image in the hooded viewfinder. A crank on the side advances the frame. It’s sweet and beautiful and I covet one badly enough that I took the airline magazine with me so I could find the camera online.

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I’m in the airport in Cincinatti waiting for my connection to Portland.  I’ll spend the day in town and then head down to Lincoln City for a writing workshop hosted by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch.  Their guest instructor is Sheila Williams.  As you might imagine, I’m excited about this.

Even more exciting, I’ll get to see lots of old friends.

The workshop rules say that we can’t blog about it while there, so expect scanty entries from me until at least Monday.  I’ll be in Portland until the 18th and then back to NYC.  At the moment, my plan is to do a get-together at one of the McMennamins once I have a better idea of my post-workshop schedule.  I’ll keep you posted.