Meditations in an Emergency

Meditations in an Emergency

In flight

What happens at nearly a thousand miles an hour

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Rosecrans Baldwin
May 16, 2026
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“Runway Perspective” (1942), Eric Ravilious

Wednesday morning, I took an airplane to New York City.

I hadn’t been on a long flight in a while. For the last three years I’ve gone to an airport at least once a month, this time the experience felt renewed. First off, people are different on a plane. Human rhythms are different. Time feels different, there’s…

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