Notes from a Train

April 16, 2021: Chicago, IL I stepped onto the train this morning around a quarter to six. There was one of those single forward-facing seats – the rare space in which you’re guaranteed to sit alone, even if you’re inches from the person in the side-facing seat in front of you and the train is … More Notes from a Train

My Flight is Delayed

My flight is delayed.

I don’t mean that I am still waiting for my flight, which is what this phrase’s use usually suggests. The flight has already taken off, but once a flight is delayed, it continues to be so. Mine was delayed three hours: it left three hours late, will arrive in Amsterdam three hours late, and right now, in the air, is three hours behind where it should be, temporally. … More My Flight is Delayed