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.

Serene morning at Emerald Lake before the hiking day begins, Yoho National Park.

Taurus: God and the Devil had a discussion this week, their first in a millennium. Neither can remember creating you.

What are you doing August 14-17? Join us at the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference. Packed with panels, workshops, and evening events, this conference changes the lives of attendees every summer.

My sandwich take: A grilled cheese will always steer my day in the right direction.

Golden mantled ground squirrel tries to charm me out of my snacks, Banff National Park.

Thankful for the few days last summer at Tutka Bay Lodge, a beautiful home base within the Alaska wild. Doubly thankful to have written about it for the Nob Hill Gazette.

Happy Canada Day from Sherbrooke Lake in Yoho National Park.

I took one photo at pride and it’s this

My raven-call ringtone is always a little more fun when I’m in places with ravens. Endless “bird or phone” games.

Our latest issue brings you stories on baseball at every age, a walking trail that will go across the entire U.S., and a woman who is helping preserve the Gullah-Geechee culture through fabric. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/06/prev...

These responses are aces.

This temporary Indian Residential School Memorial in Calgary has spurred a project to create a permanent memorial to honor all Indian residential school survivors and the children who didn’t come home. I know another country that needs to get moving on truth and reconciliation.

Sunday walkies are special.

Happy Solstice! Here’s a sweet summer scene from last week at the Kīlauea Stone Dam on Kauaʻi.

@darthbluesky.bsky.social This is how Mae asks for belly rubs.

Mahalo Kauaʻi for your always welcome embrace.

Standing in line at Anaina Hou farmers’ market, Kīlauea.

The em dash supposedly being a “tell” for AI generated text does sort of give away the game on the enormous amount of work stolen from journalists and news organizations that these things were trained on

My first greeting in Boulder came from this bunny.

Thank you, Boulder. Thinking of all the people I met, and those I didn’t. Sending love.

ʻŌhiʻa lehua, Volcanoes National Park.