IT SEEMS KIND OF STRANGE NOW, BUT A WHILE BACK, BEFORE AIRPORTS BECAME THE FORTRESSES THEY ARE TODAY, I USED TO VISIT THEM OCCASIONALLY TO READ AND WRITE. I''M NOT SURE WHAT DREW ME TO THEM-SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENERGY OR THE EQUALITY, OR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PLACE. YOU COULD START ON ONE SIDE OF THE WORLD, STEP OVER A THRESHOLD, AND IN A FEW HOURS, BEGIN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LIFE. I LOVED THAT FEELING OF BEING AT THE DOORWAY TO EVERYWHERE.