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AIR TRAVEL, SOMETIMES: PART 2 (PEOPLE + STORIES)
Hello (last Tuesday) from the Capital One lounge at DFW. I look toward the wide expanse of windows to check for the impending thunderstorm, and my neighboring lounger, who is typing away next to me, looks up and says, “It’s for a training exercise.” My eye then catches the billowing black smoke, and I remember another Tuesday morning in this exact spot: for training purposes, a mocked-up plane at the southwest end of DFW is regularly set on fire, and then emergency teams wo
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AIR TRAVEL, SOMETIMES: PART 1 (AIRPORTS + AIRPLANES)
Air travel can sometimes be good. Granted, it's often not very good, but I'm here today and next time to spotlight its upside, an exercise rooted in growth-mindset, nuance, detail, the big picture, silver linings, and rose-colored aviator glasses. [Positivity alert 🚨: check the breaking news — or the breaking contemplation — at the end of the post. It's possible we could have more frequent good air travel ahead ✈️ 🍌.] If air travel is our One Good Thing for this post and t
May 1312 min read
FIELD TRIP: WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA
I've always wanted to be a tour guide, and that’s no joke: I’d love to be holding the microphone at the back of a tour bus, and I even wrote about this small dream on my About Libby page. The closest I can get to tour guiding these days is through the pics on my camera roll, so please join me on a short journey to a small but spectacular part of the Pacific Northwest 🌊 🚌 🎤. *If you're looking at your watch, this Whidbey tour is not long; we have some Extra Good extra upd
Apr 2311 min read
