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Six reasons Gen Xers need to watch ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’

Your middle-aged self owes it to your much younger self to lighten up and dance a little.

10.10.2025 4

Heather Hopp-Bruce

The unwashed black shirt

I could have made time to buy a new black shirt in those short days between the news of her death and the wake, but I didn’t believe it was true...

19.07.2025 10

Heather Hopp-Bruce

A small item of outrageous optimism

How a simple terra cotta sugar softener changed my perception of time and eased my anxiety.

22.05.2025 6

Heather Hopp-Bruce

Here’s a conversation about trans kids in sports we should be having

The “debate” over young trans athletes is a Trojan Horse stuffed with disinformation and designed to ultimately erase rights for all transgender...

02.04.2025 10

Heather Hopp-Bruce

Asteroid 2024 YR4: A cosmic miss that’s got us dreaming

The possibility of even a mere side-eye from an asteroid is exciting space news in a year filled with it.

28.02.2025 3

Heather Hopp-Bruce

The photo from New Orleans that crushed me

Someone gave the heartbreaking order to clean up all that blood and someone else arrived with a power washer to methodically wash the visible...

03.01.2025 4

Heather Hopp-Bruce

The love that built my grandmother’s floor-to-ceiling salt and pepper shaker collection

Some collections are simply an opportunity for shared memories.

28.12.2024 10

Heather Hopp-Bruce

Spending the day with my transgender son and MAGA aunt

They share the same goals — freedom, prosperity, safety — but have wildly different ideas about how to achieve them those and no single...

20.11.2024 2

Heather Hopp-Bruce

Exploding watermelons, orange cats, and other chance encounters

She’s one of those people I have an immediate easy connection with but never really know and often never see again.

10.08.2024 2

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Six reasons Gen Xers need to watch ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’

Heather Hopp-Bruce

The unwashed black shirt

Heather Hopp-Bruce

A small item of outrageous optimism

Heather Hopp-Bruce

Here’s a conversation about trans kids in sports we should be having

Heather Hopp-Bruce

Asteroid 2024 YR4: A cosmic miss that’s got us dreaming

Heather Hopp-Bruce

The photo from New Orleans that crushed me

Heather Hopp-Bruce

The love that built my grandmother’s floor-to-ceiling salt and pepper shaker collection

Heather Hopp-Bruce

Spending the day with my transgender son and MAGA aunt

Heather Hopp-Bruce

Exploding watermelons, orange cats, and other chance encounters

Heather Hopp-Bruce