There is something about long train rides… something about the mechanical sound of the wheels chugging along the tracks and zooming past idyllic scenery that really strikes a sentimental mood in me. I spent a lot of time in transit recently, including two train rides to and from Michigan. When time becomes something I can’t rush or delay to ease my anxieties, my thoughts reach a peaceful place in my mind where I dig up old memories or contemplate the deeper, finer things in life.