Category: Essays & Reflections

• To those thinking of giving up

  I spent Christmas day watching a marathon of Anthony Bourdain specials. An imperfect, broken hero of mine. He took his own life and the world is poorer for it. I don’t judge him for his final action, any more than I would judge any one person for any one action in the vast tapestry of…

  Robert Hiraeth

  26th December 2025

  Essays & Reflections

  Anthony Bourdain, community, compassion, connection, depression, don’t give up, encouragement, existentialism, grief, healing, hope, keep going, life is worth living, loneliness, meaning, mental health, perspective, reaching out, solidarity, suicide prevention, support, tapestry of life, universal experience, you are not alone

• Goodbyes

  12-10-25., 9:20 at night… Missing you all already. Life may not be fair, but we aren’t under any obligation to help make it that way. All of my love and friendship to the Whitties that, in every conversation and every moment shared these last few months, brought light and solidarity to me in a very…

  Robert Hiraeth

  10th December 2025

  Essays & Reflections

  bittersweet, class, college, friendship, goodbyes

• Cartoon

  What’s your favorite cartoon? Favorite cartoon? That would have to be “Home Movies”. Loren Bouchard’s early project about three kids and the films they make with the help of some strange friends and their VHS camcorder. Early appearance of H Jon Benjamin who voices Coach McGuirk, a criminally irresponsible soccer coach. It took a few…

  Robert Hiraeth

  9th December 2025

  Essays & Reflections

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