Ways to entertain oneself on the winter-time bus:
- observe the way light washes over the passengers and furniture
- free-associate with stop names, like Churchill
- Count pom-poms
- watch heads in hats bob and sway with the contour of the road
- read a graphic novel about city life
- listen to the conversations in Spanish and try to learn a word or phrase
- marvel at the brave and freezing pedestrians
- observe the traffic, and learn the bus driver's temperament by the kindnesses and generosities they offer other motorists
- think of a project you'd like to undertake, and visualize the steps