Poet Reporter

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Jody Vettori 10/20/25 Jody Vettori 10/20/25

The Pilot’s Gamble: How It Ends

A man about my age overhears my arrangements and approaches. “You were on the Minneapolis flight that was cancelled? Me too. I’m renting a car from Wisconsin if you’d like to ride with me.”

I counter…

Jody Vettori 10/13/25 Jody Vettori 10/13/25

The Pilot’s Gamble: How It Starts

Here’s a story for you, about a flight I took from Pittsburgh to Rochester (Minnesota) that connected through Chicago. (As always, this was years ago. Years from now, I’ll tell stories from today. And I’ll still say, “Years ago…”)

Anyway, the story…