Finding Baggage Claim 6

By: Christopher Shine
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  • A story about landing. Finding Baggage Claim 6 is about what I’ve learned over the last ten years since I went from the life I always imagined with the great job and the great guy, a downtown view from 14 floors up, pretentious wines and pricey sunglasses, black town cars to first class check in, I went from that, to a life I never imagined that started with no job and no guy, certainly no view; a life that started with me sipping house wine at a sports bar and clinging to those pricey sunglasses like a toddler’s transition object; a life that started at economy check in- economy plus, it was $50 to upgrade - a life that started with me moving home to live with my parents at 35 years old; a life that started at baggage claim. The story is written in chapters, and read to someone I shared my life with for 5 years. Our goodbye was never worthy of what we’d had. A year after we split, in the summer, we finally spoke. We promised, when we were cut short, we’d do it again when we had more time. We’d have a good long catch up. Before we could though, the following fall, before we could become best pals or just exes or acquaintances, or whatever, before we could say all that was still unsaid and pack up what was still unpacked, there was an accident that changed him forever. His memories were fractured and scattered but my friend is still there.I put everything down for him in a sort of journal, that good long catch up, telling him our little story, and some of mine too, I don’t know how much he remembers, telling him what I’ve been up to and why it took so long to reach out. Telling him how the last 10 years have taught me that love can be meant to be, but not meant to be forever; that the job and the car and the view, even the sunglasses – I know - none of it really matters; telling him I got married and that despite all my efforts otherwise, I’ve become my mother; and that, though I never saw it coming – you never do, do you – I ended up in the last place I ever expected.
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  • Bag Tag June '24

    Bag Tag June '24
    Jun 10 2024

    Growing up in the 80’s we heard a lot about cigarettes. The goal was to educate, to create a healthier future, and obviously, to keep us from smoking. The messaging made its way into magazines and TV commercials and even sitcom story lines. And it worked too. At least on Arnold from Different Strokes. And his friend Dudley. And me. Everyone seemed to know cigarettes were terrible. So, I asked my mother one day, why Grandma smoked. My kid mind couldn’t wrap itself around the idea that she’d keep doing something she knew was bad for her. Grandma started when she was young, my mother explained, way back when almost everyone smoked, even The Flintstones, when no one knew the effects, and she’d become addicted. I was like 9 or 10, so the concept of addiction, the power of it, was lost on me. I was blissfully naïve. Who wasn’t? Smoking was bad and I thought she should just stop.

    I wasn’t so naïve though that I didn’t wonder, way back then, what thing we thought was harmless would later turn out, like cigarettes, to be terrible, but we’d go on using it because we were addicted. For the longest time I was sure it was going to be microwaves. Right on into college, where I slept with a microwave just inches from my head and was by then fairly certain it wasn’t going to be THE THING, I still wondered what it would be. I’ve always found that when you ask The Universe a question, in your thoughts or in a whisper, and you do it long enough, eventually, you’ll get an answer.

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    25 mins
  • Intangibles - Chapter 10

    Intangibles - Chapter 10
    May 3 2024
    Sometimes you have to hold your breath and hope. It doesn't always work out, you don't always get your wish, they're fragile, the intangibles. In the end though, nothing stays the same, nothing goes on forever, but if you're lucky, now and again, you'll get a wink you'll never forget. And if you're extremely lucky you'll get just what you wanted for your birthday.

    Song pairings for the story, the playlist:
    “About You” - The 1975
    “Settling” - Ripe
    "Never Tear Us Apart" - INXS

    Apple Playlist:
    https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/finding-baggage-claim-6/pl.u-RRbVYqVuqY7pd

    Spotify Playlist:
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1f8F0l7IUb7CTcja4n9jwA?si=CA6kuAwRTHWaEwqhuDDZSQ

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    A story about landing. Finding Baggage Claim 6 is about what I’ve learned over the last ten years since I went from the life I always imagined with the great job and the great guy, a downtown view from 14 floors up, pretentious wines and pricey sunglasses, black town cars to first class check in, I went from that, to a life I never imagined that started with no job and no guy, certainly no view; a life that started with me sipping house wine at a sports bar and clinging to those pricey sunglasses like a toddler’s transition object; a life that started at economy check in; a life that started with me moving home to live with my parents at 35 years old; a life that started at baggage claim.

    The story is written in chapters, and read to someone I shared my life with for 5 years. Our goodbye was never worthy of what we’d had. A year after we split, in the summer, we finally spoke. We promised, when we were cut short, we’d do it again when we had more time. We’d have a good long catch up. Before we could though, the following fall, before we could become best pals or just exes or acquaintances, or whatever, before we could say all that was still unsaid and pack up what was still unpacked, there was an accident that changed him forever. His memories were fractured and scattered but my friend is still there.

    I put everything down for him in a sort of journal, that good long catch up, telling him our little story, and some of mine too, I don’t know how much he remembers, telling him what I’ve been up to and why it took so long to reach out. Telling him how the last 10 years have taught me that love can be meant to be, but not meant to be forever; that the job and the car and the view, even the sunglasses; none of it really matters; telling him I got married and that despite all my efforts otherwise, I’ve become my mother. And that I ended up in the last place I ever expected.


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    32 mins
  • Signs - Chapter 9

    Signs - Chapter 9
    Apr 3 2024
    We’re meant to miss some of the signs I think. Otherwise, we’d be frozen in fear, stuck in place, we couldn’t keep going. We couldn’t enjoy the journey, or have a second cookie, or befriend flight attendants or rent cars or radio shows- also, I’d have way too many clothes. There’d be no scars or stories, no enchanting tales to tell.

    It was all unplanned, and still, we found a place to land.

    (This episode features a few adult words - just 2)

    Song pairings for the story, the playlist:
    “By Christmas Eve” - John Legend
    “Sweet Baby James” - James Taylor
    “Out of the Woods” - Ryan Adams

    Apple Playlisthttps://music.apple.com/us/playlist/finding-baggage-claim-6/pl.u-RRbVYqVuqY7pdSpotify Playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/1f8F0l7IUb7CTcja4n9jwA?si=CA6kuAwRTHWaEwqhuDDZSQ
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    A story about landing. Finding Baggage Claim 6 is about what I’ve learned over the last ten years since I went from the life I always imagined with the great job and the great guy, a downtown view from 14 floors up, pretentious wines and pricey sunglasses, black town cars to first class check in, I went from that, to a life I never imagined that started with no job and no guy, certainly no view; a life that started with me sipping house wine at a sports bar and clinging to those pricey sunglasses like a toddler’s transition object; a life that started at economy check in; a life that started with me moving home to live with my parents at 35 years old; a life that started at baggage claim.

    The story is written in chapters, and read to someone I shared my life with for 5 years. Our goodbye was never worthy of what we’d had. A year after we split, in the summer, we finally spoke. We promised, when we were cut short, we’d do it again when we had more time. We’d have a good long catch up. Before we could though, the following fall, before we could become best pals or just exes or acquaintances, or whatever, before we could say all that was still unsaid and pack up what was still unpacked, there was an accident that changed him forever. His memories were fractured and scattered but my friend is still there.

    I put everything down for him in a sort of journal, that good long catch up, telling him our little story, and some of mine too, I don’t know how much he remembers, telling him what I’ve been up to and why it took so long to reach out. Telling him how the last 10 years have taught me that love can be meant to be, but not meant to be forever; that the job and the car and the view, even the sunglasses; none of it really matters; telling him I got married and that despite all my efforts otherwise, I’ve become my mother. And that I ended up in the last place I ever expected.

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    42 mins

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