Ruh roh just like Oregon Trail

Gorgeous day in the Blue Ridge today. So green after the spring showers, flowers everywhere in the forest & baby ducklings on the pond. 🦆🦆🦆

Going on a cruise seems less & less inviting www.nbcnews.com/world/caribb...

“Dharmi Mehta and her family had enjoyed their trip, but were upset when they saw the head waiter, whom they had become close with, being led away from the docked boat with his hands zip-tied behind his back.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

A constant struggle for Petra & the nearby town of Wadi Musa. Tourism is a fickle business against the profits of war.

New Yorkers! Don’t miss Eliza Reid tonight @ 7 pm/ Scandinavia House @ 58 Park Avenue #nyc #booksky

безсоромний

Current listening (Nina Yamada @ Yoyaku Records in Paris): www.youtube.com/watch?v=01aN... #music

It’s beginning to feel a lot like a war economy, yo. 😕

It’s a marvelous read. Highly recommended!

So much fun catching Eliza Reid’s book tour for ‘The First Lady Next Door’—a strong & realistic, touching (& funny) memoir about getting thrown into an official role & meeting the challenge head on. Brava, Eliza! Highly recommended reading & definitely check out her other books! 📚 #booksky

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Friends in DC, NYC, LA & MN! Come hear my friend Eliza on her North American book tour!

So far the best political ad I’ve seen this year . . .

So this is very sad for all of us who enjoy breathing www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

THIS.

On a more important note, the 1st hummingbird of Spring 2026 flew in this morning, currently feasting off the peonies off the back porch. Always remember to focus on the important stuff. 🦉🌸

Dana Bash was using 'rhetoric' the right way. By Ezra Klein

Oh no not Moleskine! What? You sold out a century-old brand attached to legitimate historical creatives in order to sell . . . more paper? Spotify, please play me a slow & sultry jazz cover of 'Breaking Up is Hard to Do' (sung in Quenya).

My puppy being adorable this morning, melting my heart. 🐕❤️🙏🏻 Happy Saturday!

Still recovering from crazy jet lag but enjoying lots of new musical finds like this one by French Police open.spotify.com/track/264WrX...

Ouch.

New patch arrived . . .

The chaffing though . . .

Driving around the quieter parts of Pennsylvania & happened upon this Pretzel Museum serving hot, fresh-baked pretzels all day long. 2 pretzels w/ a cup of cheese sauce for $5. Yes plz.

S i C S E M P E R T Y R A N N i S #Virginia

I brake for Pierogies

Spent the day walking along the beautiful water in Croatia 🇭🇷

I’m in Montenegro 🇲🇪 today & its glowing green with Spring. Some of these hidden valleys are tucked away & nearly inaccessible by car. Such a pretty country.

Not sure this qualifies as a smoking coat tho . . .

We call this escalation

Viszlát seggfej 👋🏻 www.reuters.com/world/hungar...

Inside the astonishing new library in Alexandria, silent as a page turning, filled by quiet readers reading books, primarily on paper, as they’ve done here for a couple of thousand years. #Egypt

In Alexandria, named after that Alexander 🏳️‍🌈 whose white marble bust gazes knowingly at the gargantuan library that shines near the harbourfront. A remarkable temple of books & knowledge—Definitely worth a visit. #Egypt

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it’s off to work they don’t . . . deadline.com/2026/04/disn...

Thank the Easter Bunny! 🐰 www.9news.com.au/world/donald...

So many! I’ll try to find a few to share 🐕🦮🐩🐕‍🦺

Eating Greek cheese on the Isle of Crete, basking in the Spring sun, soaking up the incomparable blue of the Mediterranean.

Stop Bombing Children, street art in Greece. #NoWar

Soukh sketch ✍🏻 by a Tunis street artist

A favorite director of mine. Watched ЗЕРКАЛО in college & it haunts me to this day. Can’t wait! #Russian #film #Tarkovsky

Good. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/03/m...

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I really loved catching the UBÚ PINTOR exhibit at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. An outstandingly well-curated retrospective of Pataphysics philosophy, inspiration, influence & a celebration of the work by the French writer Alfred Jarry.

Loud ‘n clear messages by artist Banksy at his #MoCo exhibit in Barcelona. Perhaps art is regaining relevance . . . ?

Arrived back in beautiful Barcelona. Spring erupting, peopled streets & quite a different vibe than back home. Filling up on the Gaudí & green leaves.

I’ve met that tortoise in person on St Helena! Got a selfie.

Conversion therapy is medical quackery & psychological abuse. Do better, America.

Really not a great turn of events. Really sad to see my country going backwards so fast. Outlaw conversion therapy nationwide! Stop messing up young lives.

I’d read that article though