Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bloodroot Moon<\/p>\n
Sitting in E-1 departure gate, looking at the planes snugged up in their bays with the jetways stuck onto their sides like remora. \u00a0The day is bright, sunlight streaming down, the sun’s angle higher, spring-like. \u00a0The temperature though is January.<\/p>\n
I missed Mark and Mary on the Skype call. \u00a0Looked for you guys and didn’t see you online. \u00a0I’ll pick you up later.<\/p>\n
On the Northstar rail I sat with two kids, school age, who got off at the Coon Rapids station. \u00a0Never occurred to me that it was a school bus as well as a ride to work. \u00a0Makes sense.<\/p>\n
Riding on commuter rail, then light rail, in your own town, is a different experience from using the same services in other cities. \u00a0There’s none of that residual anxiety. \u00a0Where am I? \u00a0Is this my stop? \u00a0Did I miss my stop? \u00a0Even the warehouses are familiar.<\/p>\n
There is though a certain tinge of strangeness, of alien experience in a known land. \u00a0We’re not accustomed to whizzing past buildings on rails. \u00a0Some of us are by now, of course. \u00a0Regular riders of the Hiawatha Line and Northstar.<\/p>\n
Still, most of us, including me, have this transportation most often in faraway places: \u00a0Chicago, New York, Washington, London, Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo. \u00a0That creates the odd sense of being on a mode of transport familiar in foreign climes, not home, while at home.<\/p>\n
The rail cost, $6.50, compares to $100.00 for taxi or around $50 for a shared ride. \u00a0Probably takes about the same amount of time. It also let Kate drop me off at 7:05, then return home and have breakfast only 10 minutes later. \u00a0Slick.<\/p>\n
It feels good to on the road again. \u00a0Travel came with the bloodline and it sings a happy tune in transit. \u00a0After passing through security.<\/p>\n
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Spring \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Bloodroot Moon Sitting in E-1 departure gate, looking at the planes snugged up in their bays with the jetways stuck onto their sides like remora. \u00a0The day is bright, sunlight streaming down, the sun’s … Continue reading Waitin’ on the Jet Plane<\/span>