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Backroads & byways of Hawaii: drives, daytrips & weekend excursions

Backroads & byways of Hawaii: drives, daytrips & weekend excursions

A sustainable road trip guide to the Aloha State.

2013

Stories

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Be the Person You Are on Vacation

Or even a better version of that self

Jul 29, 2022

Be the Person You Are on Vacation

Jul 29, 2022

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Elemental

My Therapist Says To Try an Elimination Diet for the Soul

As the pandemic recedes, I’ve got to decide what kind of life I actually want to live

Apr 7, 2021

My Therapist Says To Try an Elimination Diet for the Soul

Apr 7, 2021

Take the long view

A US election day reminder from the Earth

Nov 5, 2024

Take the long view

Nov 5, 2024

Crazy ideas that seem impossible

An Earth Day story

Apr 22, 2024

Crazy ideas that seem impossible

Apr 22, 2024

Finding your home team

Thoughts on uprooting, disturbance, settlements, and fans

Dec 23, 2023

Finding your home team

Dec 23, 2023

On the shininess of other places

A few thoughts on travel in 2023

Jul 26, 2023

Photo by Michele Bigley

Jul 26, 2023

Climate action benefits you

How simple actions offer personal gain

Jun 10, 2023

Climate action benefits you

Jun 10, 2023

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Middle-Pause

Midlife Momentum Without the Crisis

Making Act 2 more than a sports car and a hot young thing

Apr 19, 2023

Midlife Momentum Without the Crisis

Apr 19, 2023

Teachers: Can we embrace AI?

Recently in a faculty meeting at my university, our academic integrity representative, I’ll call her T., said her biggest job is talking…

Jan 26, 2023

Teachers: Can we embrace AI?

Jan 26, 2023

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How to feel better right now

There are days when the doom doesn’t go away. Do you ever feel it? Like no meditating, healthy breakfast, dog cuddles or hugs seem to…

Jan 18, 2023

How to feel better right now

Jan 18, 2023

Root or fruit: a meaningful approach to living

A year after the Glass Fire torched Bothe Napa Valley State Park, I returned. Though patches of green had already reappeared; little yellow…

Dec 26, 2022

Root or fruit: a meaningful approach to living

Dec 26, 2022

We must celebrate in troubled times

When my father-in-law found out he had terminal lung cancer, he asked for a party. At the time, Southern California was at its highest…

Oct 25, 2022

We must celebrate in troubled times

Oct 25, 2022

Accepting change

What autumn teaches us about being human

Sep 26, 2022

Accepting change

Sep 26, 2022

On losing hope

How pessimism might serve us

Jul 19, 2022

On losing hope

Jul 19, 2022

Fright, Flight, or Fight

Women: feel your feelings. Then, stop numbing them and take action

Jul 1, 2022

Fright, Flight, or Fight

Jul 1, 2022

On Change

And how we might learn to embrace it

Jun 21, 2022

On Change

Jun 21, 2022

Make Your Own ‘No Bummer Summer’ List

But don’t make it about productivity

Jun 15, 2022

Make Your Own ‘No Bummer Summer’ List

Jun 15, 2022

This is no way to live

What if we just said no to guns?

May 26, 2022

This is no way to live

May 26, 2022

It’s Time to Start Traveling Differently

“There are some who have crossed deserts, floated on ice caps, and cut their way through jungles but whose souls we would search in vain…

May 23, 2022

It’s Time to Start Traveling Differently

May 23, 2022

Moms: Let’s Relax the Expectations

Nobody actually likes perfect people anyway

May 4, 2022

Moms: Let’s Relax the Expectations

May 4, 2022

Michele Bigley

Michele Bigley

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Award-winning writer specializing in regenerative travel, environmental solutions and parenting. Michele’s writing a book about mothering in the Anthropocene.

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