Here's the postcard that I sent to my friend Shawn Livingston while I was in the Caribbean town of Livingston, Guatemala. Prior to my trip he had suggested that somewhere along the way I write him 64 words—one for every dollar I paid for the plane ticket (muchas gracias, Spirit Airlines). So that's...

I just stumbled on this email I wrote to some friends who were coming to visit, some 8 years ago. I read it and realized I still hold all these things to be true and important, and then I felt like sharing it again. So here it is. If you want to know what's going on in Hawai‘i today (with a view...