New York City, May 18, 2015

★★ Fog took away height and distance, then slowly lifted off with no diminishment of the overall grayness. The 1 platform was stifling; the train countdown clocks went backward by three minutes. Up on Broadway again, $2.75 wasted, the breeze was an immediate relief. The dimness of late afternoon was no different from the dimness of morning or midday. Only the clouds had changed, to a firm mottled ceiling, sliding past the buildings a little faster than walking would have made it move.