The 10-Minute Train-in-a-Sliver-of-Sun Meditation and Other Moments Seized

First light at the Canmore Nordic Center, February 2024

On a recent walk home from picking up groceries, I got stuck on the wrong side of the tracks, waiting for a seemingly interminable freight train to pass. Already, I was frustrated. Grocery shopping and cooking have become a whole fraught story, since a bad blood test in mid-January has forced me onto a super low potassium diet. This means cutting out nearly all…