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What’s said and isn’t said along the way
13 January 2007 | cabbies, chicago, coach class, strangers, travel | No Comments
On the way to the airport, my cabbie tells me that his sister and brother are also in California, but if he can’t get his wife and six-year-old son over to America in the next year, he’s going back to Mongolia. “It’s so hard, you know. So much trouble getting into the country. I call […]
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The dimensionally-oriented meditation of the taller, broader, and/or overweight traveller
20 November 2006 | airlines, coach class, forego dignity for a newer better you, travel | No Comments
I am small. I am compact. I fit in this undersized space. I am shapeable and can conform to this seat designated by my boarding pass. My hips are malleable, smoothing themselves into shapes more agreeable to the armrests. I am small. I am miniscule. I curve my wide shoulders inward towards congruence with the […]
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