David Enzel

Milford Sound / Piopiotahi lies on the southwest coast of New Zealand’s South Island within Fiordland National Park. A fiord carved by glaciers during the last ice age and later flooded by the Tasman Sea, it is defined as much by weather as by geology. Low cloud, heavy rain, and brief breaks in light shape how the landscape is seen—and often how little of it is revealed. Here, a tour vessel moves through deep water beneath steep, forested walls, offering a sense of scale within a place that resists clarity.

Alpenglow settles on Aoraki / Mount Cook at sunset, seen from the Hermitage Hotel in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park. Rising to 3,724 meters (12,218 feet), Aoraki is the highest mountain in New Zealand. As the sun drops, warm light briefly catches the upper snowfields while the lower slopes fall into deep blue shadow—a quiet, fleeting moment that emphasizes the mountain’s scale, structure, and stillness.

Melbourne, Australia

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It’s not important to take the perfect picture. It’s about keeping the mood, the energy, the memory of what’s happening right now.

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Toulouse: Light, Stone, and the Quiet Confidence of a Great City

Warm light, quiet streets, rose-colored stone — and a feeling of grace everywhere.

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After years of saying, “One day I’ll get a 13-inch MacBook Air,” I finally did it. Costco dangled a Black Friday deal in front of me, and—what can I say—I blinked first.

And you know what? I’m delighted.

This light blue MacBook Air is small, light, and honestly… adorable. It’s the kind of computer that makes you want to leave the house, wander to a coffee shop, and type something—anything—just because it’s fun to use. It slips into a bag without the usual negotiation about weight, bulk, or whether I really want to carry a laptop today.

No, it’s not the most powerful Mac in the lineup. And the screen isn’t the luscious, movie-theater-in-your-lap panel of the Pro models. But the battery just keeps going, the machine stays quiet, and it runs full Mac apps without complaining. Best of all, it has an actual, comfortable keyboard—something my iPad, as much as I enjoy it, never quite replaces.

After a few days with it, I’m left with a single question: why did I wait so long? Sometimes I don’t need the “Pro.” Sometimes I just want something light, friendly, and ready to go anywhere.

The MacBook Air is exactly that. And I think it’s going to get a lot of coffee shop miles. ☕️

A 1941 image shows a Nazi soldier pointing a gun at the head of a man kneeling at the edge of a pit filled with bodies. With help from A.I., the gunman has been identified as 34-year-old Jakobus Onnen