Dried tomato slices, salted
Crepe with nutella
Beef Jerky

A selection of non-perishables passed to me over disposal
Remarkable, as I am unlikely to have purchased such snacks myself — Jerky on the odd hike or for car rations, but I had never even conceived of dried tomato chips. Sun dried tomatoes are delicious in bread or on pizza, and these rice-puff-esque bits pack a good bit of flavor.

One less-than-desirable part of growing older is the settling into our ways and preferences — most interracial marriages happen either when the partners are young, or after they are old enough for their parents to have passed.

Trying something different on the menu, choosing a different snack, traveling somewhere new — these are urges which we stifle for security, stability, responsibility, and “maturity” — they themselves ought to become a non-perishable staple of our well-being.

I enjoy listening to my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify, browsing other people’s listening and playlists, because consuming and making music offers an opportunity for novel experience. As we sink deeper into any hobby, there is more to explore and appreciate — if we look for it. Part of what it means to be a lifelong learner is to seek out the unexplored, the uncomfortable. Maybe that means one man’s trash is another man’s treasure?