June 23, 2021:

Parrot print pants over Doc Martins: Grandma Badgirl. Stands texting while the gate is prepared.

Asleep with five o'clock shadow, feet up on his carry-on bag. Jerks awake, checks his phone.

No-one at the gate is masked.

I haven't flown since before lockdown. I haven't flown from this airport since childhood. Very new and very old, one and the same time.