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Precision brewing

Carmen arrived this morning with her grandmother’s French press and very specific opinions about water temperature. Apparently my usual m...

Elena Carmen
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Stillness practice

Sarah showed up today insisting she needed to learn how to meditate. “I read this article about stress management and apparently sitting ...

Elena Sarah Chen
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Athletic genius

Sarah came over today determined to finally master some basic yoga poses before her next running group meeting. She’d been talking about ...

Elena Sarah Chen
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Precision training

Sarah finished our five-mile loop twenty minutes ago and she’s still stretching. Not casual stretching, methodical, timed stretching with...

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Spice lesson

Carmen knocked on the door at noon with a canvas bag full of mysterious ingredients and way too much confidence in my ability to follow d...

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Sunday stillness

Jake’s at his brother’s helping with some furniture project, and the apartment feels unusually quiet. Not lonely quiet, just peaceful. Th...

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Reaching out

Fifteen minutes into writing what I thought would be a quick text to some classmates about maybe studying together this spring, and I’ve ...

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Unexpected doors

Three years of writing about my random thoughts and training adventures, and apparently people actually read this thing. Got an email yes...

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Down the rabbit hole

Started reading about stress responses for my pathophysiology review. Somehow ended up three chapters deep in a psychology textbook Jake ...

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Assembly required

Carmen texted at nine this morning: “Bringing everything for tamales. Clear your counter.” By ten-thirty my kitchen looked like a masa ex...

Elena Carmen Sarah Chen
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