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Heather Hopp-Bruce

Heather Hopp-Bruce

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When a member of your friend group passes away

At our last reunion, we didn’t know it was the last time we would be together. What now?

04.08.2026 20

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Heather Hopp-Bruce

Oh crap, the garden catalogs are here

For poor gardeners like me, they read like an obituary to past plantings.

30.05.2026 40

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Heather Hopp-Bruce

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 30

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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 30

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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 20

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Heather Hopp-Bruce