When I park my car outside, it becomes a playground for saffron finches.

Let it snow? No! Hawaiʻi beach day!

Hawaiʻi holiday tree

Settling her brain for a long winter’s nap.

Who else has convinced their child that the dog’s sleepy twitching means she’s casting spells? Just me?

"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."

Hawaiʻi country Thanksgiving morning: met the neighbors, trimmed a runaway lilikoi plant, pulled the husband’s mower out of a ditch, got a huge amount of food cooked in the neighborhood imu. Mahalo.

You know you’re truly home when the rainbows greet you right outside your front door.

I cosign every single word of this anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Artificial unintelligence or just bad writing?

Hard to overstate the extent to which executives across the arts actually hate the arts (and artists).

“Interesting Times” I see.

Solid take

I’ve always felt that San Francisco is the magic. ❤️

Happy 8th birthday to Mae!

No thank you, AI bot. I’m good.

Kakaruai (New Zealand’s South Island robin) checks me out before a hike.

I forget how wonderful it feels to fly domestically without all the security stuff until I’m in New Zealand, and… yeah. The dream.

Incredible in-depth recipe drama. I’m in!

The first flat white in country is always special. Kia ora, Aotearoa.

www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n... #RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth On NPR!!! please share!

Creative people can run circles around AI.

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

A rare feeding habit brings dolphins closer than ever and helps them live year-round in South Carolina. Find out more in my article for Sierra. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/how-w...

Thankful to be among the 600+

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

Let your pace slow with the season and enjoy the outdoors in the West without the crowds in my article for AAA Via magazine: mwg.aaa.com/via/national...

IT IS TIME.

California - Gov. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social : “Unmarked cars. People in masks. People disappearing… immigrants have rights, and we have the right to push back, and that’s what we’re doing.”

Introducing COYOTE: A worker-owned Bay Area media collective. Our stories will be public for the first two weeks. Read ‘em and subscribe! www.coyotemedia.org

Yep. Accurate.

Good night, Kiawah.

Lunch with a new friend, Johns Island, South Carolina.

Lowcountry morning at The Dunlin, Johns Island. @explorecharleston.bsky.social

Much-needed good news in journalism.

A little White Lotus at The Nickel hotel in Charleston. @explorecharleston.bsky.social

Thanks to the @cofcharleston.bsky.social and Professor George Stone for having me back for the fourth semester to cover writing about sense of place in the Strategic Narrative in Placemaking course, started by @traveler202.bsky.social

Sunrise today from my home on Hawaiʻi island. Fingers crossed that Hurricane Kiko gives us all a wide berth.

My child has discovered my old Counting Crows CDs, and it’s taking me back…

Hawaii’s health insurers say they will cover COVID vaccinations for anyone older than six months, despite new FDA guidance that says children and healthy adults don’t need the shots.

labor day plug for CANNED, a collection of conversations with folks who lost their jobs. many had no severance, notice, exit ramp, nothing. we need better protection for all workers. at will is bulllshit. employer sponsored healthcare, bullshit. all of it it, complete bullshit. we deserve better.

Went for a walk with a friend today, and we agreed that it was a stellar San Francisco day.

Valuable thread…

Well said.

It’s an interesting experience to return to a place you knew well… years ago. But when I was a semi-resident in Honduras’ Bay Islands, I wasn’t yet PADI certified. My recent dive trip to Roatán allowed me a deeper look.

Spent my day among the coastal redwoods, and all is well.

Headed to Redwood National and State Parks this summer? My Condé Nast Traveler article lists the best places to stay.

I’m thankful for my relationship with National Geographic Books, which gives me the opportunity to write about destinations around the globe. I contributed to The Traveler’s Atlas of the World, along with a group of excellent writers. The book releases in November, but you can pre-order it now.

It’s a great experience to spy wildlife in the outdoors, as long as it’s not too close for comfort. Check out my tips for mountain lion, coyote, and bear encounters in AAA Via.

I loved talking with Cookie Washington for this article in @satevepost.bsky.social. Every moment was pure joy.