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Shredded Cheese (opens the original)
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I’ll admit it. I buy pre-shredded cheese. That orange bag is one easy button I’m not ashamed to press.There’s just so many other things to chop and slice and grate for dinner, why not streamline where you can?I know, I know.It doesn’t taste as good as freshly grated cheese, but does that really matter?Is there that much of a difference between pre-shredded and real-shredded?Is it worth it to drag out a box grater and do the hard work? All that back and forth for a teeny pile of cheese?Well, yes.
On 9/11 (opens the original)
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Today marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11.For those of us who come to this day with a heavy heart and feelings we don’t know where to put, I want to offer this idea.On the morning of September 11th, 2001, I was running on a trail in Boulder, listening to music via my headphones. A radio DJ interrupted a song with the breaking news, and I quickened my pace to make it back to my apartment. I rushed in, sat on the floor, turned on my tiny television with rabbit ears, and saw the second tower fall.It
Magazine Relics (opens the original)
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Last week I was at the doctor’s office and I sat in the waiting room until they called me back. Normally in this situation, I’d scroll on my phone. In fact, when I looked around, everyone else in the waiting room was scrolling on their phones. My fingers twitched as they hovered above the screen while I decided which app to open.Do I check email? Send a text? Check to see if my brother played his turn in our very tight game of Crossplay? Cruise Instagram to discover what my algorithm had for me
Windshield Crack (opens the original)
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Nine months ago, a stray rock hit the bottom of my windshield and created a tiny sliver of a crack. I didn’t notice it until nighttime when headlights from oncoming traffic illuminated the hairline fracture. It couldn’t have been longer than a couple of inches and was so low it was out of my sightline.I forgot about the crack the next day and continued to drive with it. As the weeks went on, however, the crack crept higher on the windshield. Gratefully, it veered toward the passenger side.We wer
Old Running Shorts (opens the original)
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My mom bought me purple flowered gym shorts over twenty years ago. I remember opening up the gift on a Christmas morning—a running ensemble. I’ve long lost the tank top and socks, but the shorts somehow endured. I can’t believe I’ve held onto them as long as I have. The shorts are older than my marriage.They’ve carried me through many runs on many different trails and have stayed in relatively great shape despite countless rounds through the washing machine. The waist drawstring snaked its way o
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