Just some backyard beauty in Anchorage. #summervibes #alaska

Alaska’s state flower, advancing across my friend’s garden. So delicate but feisty. #forgetmenot

Spring preening. #swans

Journalists participating in #SEJ2025 got a tour of the border wall in Nogales led by Kendal Blust and Kiley Price. It was an eye opener to say the least.

A little beauty rising from a shopping mall pond. #bigisland

Democracy may be withering. But right now I’m concentrating on this. #hawaii

This evening’s sunset.

Pushback is growing on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus to the UA leadership’s decision to remove all references to DEI from websites, publications, job titles, offices and programs. The student newspaper is covering it: www.uafsunstar.com/news/regents...

Fun with ice.

It’s still winter in these parts.

An unexpected visitor came to our house yesterday.

Just a winter companion hanging out in the Safeway parking lot in Fairbanks.

Hawaii has more cesspools per capita than any other state and the sewage they release is killing coral reefs. What can be done?

Read my latest:

civilbeat.org/2024/11/hawaiis-love-affair-cesspools-ruining-reefs/

#hawaii #hawaiinews
#coralreefs
#oceans
#fisheries
#climate
#marinelife