Vicarious experiences
Stories in First Person
Stories in First Person
I got hypnotized to quit vaping
By Megan Johnson
Stories in First Person
In Paris, an amateur baker meets her match — macarons
By Lian Parsons-Thomason
My (many) conversations with a talk therapy app
By Ceci Menchetti
Stories in First Person
Stories in First Person
Stories in First Person
At this fast food restaurant, machines do the cooking
By Heather Kapplow
Visiting the ghosts of Hollywood’s past — and maybe hearing them talk
By Alison Stevenson
Stories in First Person
An adult learning piano? Put on your headphones.
By Evan Judd
Alone on the mountain — where I belonged
By Andy Pepper
No light, no sound, no worries: An hour in a ‘float suite’
By Allen Strickland Williams
Stories in First Person
That’s not my name
By Schuyler Velasco
I Tried It: Self-defense class
By Erin Kennedy
I Tried It: Swimming with whale sharks
By Amy Sutherland
Sterilization was my choice. It felt like everyone else’s.
By Megan Koester
Stories in First Person
The most dangerous part of scuba diving
By Christina Wood
I Tried It: ‘Tinder for friendship’
By Margaret Eby
The ghost in my Netflix account
By Jen Deaderick
Stories in First Person
What you do after your house burns down
By Jessica Palombo Gustafson
I Tried It: Ax throwing
By Megan Johnson
I passed out in a Cold War fallout shelter
By Glenn McDonald
Stories in First Person
When your real-life friend is your Facebook troll
By Jim Sullivan
I Tried It: Silent retreat
By Glenn McDonald
I don’t want to stop singing ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside.’
By Debbie Gravitte
Stories in First Person
At hospice, we wrote the final chapter of our friendship
By Jim Sullivan
I Tried It: Climbing Kilimanjaro
By Duduetsang Chappelle-Molloy
I Tried It: Aura photo
By Schuyler Velasco
