Postcard from the Train
On the train sits a young woman with an optimistic voice. It rises excitedly when the porter asks her if she’d like anything from the food and beverage cart. No, no, she doesn’t but she thanks the man for asking. She brought a big bag of carrots and a Coke Zero with her– she’s good. Arrayed in front of her– with her lines highlighted in pink magic marker– is the script to Our Town, the play by Thornton Wilder. She’s heading to Toronto on a cold Monday in January, and she keeps looking back, over her shoulder, as if hoping to spot the person who will take the journey with her, their unexpected lives, now together, exploding into light and laughter.