Introspect – 14th Street Magazine https://14thstreetmagazine.com Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:55:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://kleinsites-media.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2021/03/03183814/14StreetAvatar-150x150.png Introspect – 14th Street Magazine https://14thstreetmagazine.com 32 32 Hobbie Lobbie https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/hobbie-lobbie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hobbie-lobbie https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/hobbie-lobbie/#respond Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:30:00 +0000 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/?p=2725 Becoming a frisbee disc jockey? Playing field hockey? With new pandemic pastimes, these individuals will never struggle to answer an icebreaker again.

Hear from a few who decided to try something different, and no, we’re not talking about cutting their

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I remember sitting in the Las Vegas airport last summer on layover, surrounded by penny slot machines and young families’ unmasked children coughing, sneezing, and whining at the gate.

I’d just come from driving down Pacific Highway 101 …

]]> I remember sitting in the Las Vegas airport last summer on layover, surrounded by penny slot machines and young families’ unmasked children coughing, sneezing, and whining at the gate. I’d just come from driving down Pacific Highway 101 …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/fear-and-grieving-in-las-vegas/feed/ 0 Going Viral https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/going-viral/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=going-viral https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/going-viral/#respond Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:30:00 +0000 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/?p=2758 I don’t know what people did for comfort before social media. I assume the physical equivalent of venting online would be yelling into a crowded bus of captive and passively interested strangers (some still prefer this method, and that is …

]]> I don’t know what people did for comfort before social media. I assume the physical equivalent of venting online would be yelling into a crowded bus of captive and passively interested strangers (some still prefer this method, and that is …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/going-viral/feed/ 0 My Full House https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/my-full-house/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-full-house https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/my-full-house/#respond Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:30:00 +0000 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/?p=2760 As I was driving over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to my family’s townhouse in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, my mind was racing with a hundred thoughts per second. It was March 11, 2020, and my university had just shut down. …

]]> As I was driving over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to my family’s townhouse in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, my mind was racing with a hundred thoughts per second. It was March 11, 2020, and my university had just shut down.

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/my-full-house/feed/ 0 Blue-eyed Grendel https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/blue-eyed-grendel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blue-eyed-grendel https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/blue-eyed-grendel/#respond Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:30:00 +0000 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/?p=2765 The middle-aged, polo-clad man leaned over the wooden railing of the boat rental’s high counter, handing Grace’s credit card back with a receipt. “You’ve got two hours,” he said, and called out a string of names into the shed’s interior …

]]> The middle-aged, polo-clad man leaned over the wooden railing of the boat rental’s high counter, handing Grace’s credit card back with a receipt. “You’ve got two hours,” he said, and called out a string of names into the shed’s interior …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/blue-eyed-grendel/feed/ 0 Staying Clean Staying Home https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/staying-clean-staying-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=staying-clean-staying-home https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/staying-clean-staying-home/#respond Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:30:00 +0000 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/?p=2811 Emily is beginning to take joy in the simple things in life. Her dad had the coronavirus but beat it. Most of her family members are vaccinated, and she is, too. She’s looking forward to seeing her grandmother for the …

]]> Emily is beginning to take joy in the simple things in life. Her dad had the coronavirus but beat it. Most of her family members are vaccinated, and she is, too. She’s looking forward to seeing her grandmother for the …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/27/staying-clean-staying-home/feed/ 0 Piety, Prayer, and the Apocalypse https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/21/piety-prayer-and-the-apocalypse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=piety-prayer-and-the-apocalypse https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/21/piety-prayer-and-the-apocalypse/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:30:00 +0000 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/?p=2694 I close my eyes and set my mind on the gentle vibrato of a man in prayer. His calm, consoling voice cracks with emotion as he repents for his sins, then becomes urgent and commanding as he warns of war, …

]]> I close my eyes and set my mind on the gentle vibrato of a man in prayer. His calm, consoling voice cracks with emotion as he repents for his sins, then becomes urgent and commanding as he warns of war…

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/21/piety-prayer-and-the-apocalypse/feed/ 0 High Hopes https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/21/high-hopes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=high-hopes https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/21/high-hopes/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 07:30:00 +0000 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/?p=2563 After a year of being sunken to their core, our spirits are finally on the come around and starting to feel lifted again. As we’re able to start imagining and planning for a life in a brighter future, 14th Street …

]]> After a year of being sunken to their core, our spirits are finally on the come around and starting to feel lifted again. As we’re able to start imagining and planning for a life in a brighter future, 14th Street …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/21/high-hopes/feed/ 0 Becoming the Pandemic Bachelorette https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/20/becoming-the-pandemic-bachelorette/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=becoming-the-pandemic-bachelorette https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/20/becoming-the-pandemic-bachelorette/#respond Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:39:33 +0000 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/?p=2579 In an investigation into the efficacy of online dating during the pandemic, I tried my hand at it. Could this actually work?

One of my closest friends went through a breakup during the year-long quarantine. The circumstances made it quite …

]]> In an investigation into the efficacy of online dating during the pandemic, I tried my hand at it. Could this actually work? One of my closest friends went through a breakup during the year-long quarantine. The circumstances made it quite …

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]]> https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/20/becoming-the-pandemic-bachelorette/feed/ 0 A Resident Shift Change https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/14/a-resident-shift-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-resident-shift-change https://14thstreetmagazine.com/2021/04/14/a-resident-shift-change/#respond Wed, 14 Apr 2021 19:30:00 +0000 https://14thstreetmagazine.com/?p=2544 Monica pops her head into her coordinator’s office at 6:50 p.m. on a Sunday. She’s sporting purple from the hem of her scrubs to her head wrap, barring the blue disposable mask covering most of her face.

“You know anyone …

]]> Monica pops her head into her coordinator’s office at 6:50 p.m. on a Sunday. She’s sporting purple from the hem of her scrubs to her head wrap, barring the blue disposable mask covering most of her face. “You know anyone …

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