Flying over I-40 N. With Cotton.

~ Live & Learn

  • 2:38 a.m.  Alarm set for 3:30, Body set to go, Now.
  • 2:40 a.m.  Check Sleep App: 4 hr. 30 min. Could be worse.
  • 3:50 a.m.  “Good morning Mr. Kanigan. You’re off early.” No sh*t.
  • 4:00 a.m.  No car. Check calendar. I’m 30 minutes early. Wow. Nicely done.
  • 4:15 a.m.  I Shazam R&B tune coming thru hotel pipes. Leela James. Swept away.
  • 4:50 a.m.  DFW airport doors open. Insomniacs, airport workers and DK stream in.
  • 5:50 a.m.  Walk concourses. (Yes, Plural.) Fitbit Counter: 4,033.
  • 6:05 a.m.  Board AA# 1150 to NY LGA.
  • 6:25 a.m.  “We’ll be cruising at 31,000 ft.  Flight time: 3 hours. Expect a smooth flight.”
  • 6:37 a.m.  Eye lids heavy. Leela on loop crooning thru the earbuds.
  • 6:40 a.m.  Drifting to Bradbury‘s “country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist.”

I’m flicking thru Netflix and spot him. Ray Liotta (Fields of Dreams / Goodfellas) in a 2016 movie titled Sticky Notes.  Papa Bear writes this on a Sticky Note to his daughter:

“Whoever feels it deepest wins.”

I look out the window, and here we are…31,000 ft up and floating on fluffy, mountainous sized cotton balls.

Cotton balls. White. Cotton. Balls.

  • New cotton briefs. Stretch fabric. Contoured to snuggle it/them…
  • New, cotton socks. Toes wiggle, happy.
  • Soft cotton twill Chinos, hugging the legs and thighs.
  • A velvety cotton, v-neck t-shirt wraps the chest and back.
  • A cotton button down shirt, hundreds of stitches, fitting just so…smooth.

“Whoever feels it deepest wins.”

Feels it deepest.

Wins.

Notes: Image: Perception is reality, Andrey Kasay

32 thoughts on “Flying over I-40 N. With Cotton.”

  7. i am all about the cotton. soft is the way to go. i can’t tolerate wool or acrylics touching my skin, and sink deep into cotton. wish i could tolerate wool, though – there are so many beautiful sweaters and blankets –

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  9. Sometimes, David. Sometimes. I’ve always felt everything so deeply, and that hasn’t always made me feel like a winner. Sometimes it’s a burden, though I would never change who I am, should I have that opportunity.

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      1. A steady diet of, Awake At 2AM …. is like trying to fill a bathtub, without a drain plug. And all the while, smiling – because, lack of sleep isn’t “really a serious problem, you know!” Then they wonder, Why!? is he/she so abrupt….
        Gosh…… no idea 🙂

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