https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-02-11 https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/coming-soon-back-to-the-moonfriday-the-13th monthly 0.5 2026-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/0a01452a-f69a-4788-82d3-044b0bf03ecd/Screenshot+2026-02-08+at+1.12.29%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Coming Soon: Back to the moon...Friday the 13th - Make it stand out Image of the moon that I took in Zanzibar, July 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/cc6c232e-16b3-49e1-82f8-8efd23df818a/Screenshot+2026-02-10+at+8.33.44%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Coming Soon: Back to the moon...Friday the 13th - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/a-poem-about-viruses monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/3f540a07-3952-4249-8ce6-507d075f031f/Screenshot+2026-02-04+at+6.21.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - A poem about viruses? - Make it stand out Photo taken by me, from a bacterial transformation via viral vector lab I did with students a few years back https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/when-it-is-all-too-overwhelming monthly 0.5 2026-01-27 https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/for-jane monthly 0.5 2025-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/ac942526-dbce-43b3-afad-13d0ea2073cf/512423258_10101076459009850_6629638512577793405_n.jpg Blog - For Jane. - Make it stand out I took this blurry pic of Jane when she gave a talk that my mother and I attended in Tampa, 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/2f9ca1ec-e6a6-4ec0-b711-a443f989389f/505862389_1250356026545264_7633533155719395335_n.jpg Blog - For Jane. - Make it stand out One of my personal favorite Jane quotes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/c6387306-76d5-4f2b-bdf3-832a1c39296f/559461492_18528066238061202_8472815775047334276_n.jpg Blog - For Jane. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/wanna-take-my-trip-on-google monthly 0.5 2025-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/796e467f-6881-45f1-aeb5-b6cce74d3f47/Screenshot+2025-08-21+at+12.26.16%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Wanna take my trip on Google? - Make it stand out See the Table of Contents on the lower left from which to select the different locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/50960b39-1281-418d-b370-60f8aea8aca3/Screenshot+2025-08-21+at+12.32.05%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - Wanna take my trip on Google? - Make it stand out The panel on the right takes you through the photos and descriptions of each different location marker on the map. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/subscribe-button-and-summer-reading monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/1dfb98ba-ecd6-4109-91e0-e762b4de554f/20250816_115326.jpg Blog - Subscribe Button! And Summer Reading - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/stranger-in-a-strange-land monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/576c702a-755b-4cc2-bc99-608b71a83985/518418093_10101096239664260_8319690182820950328_n.jpg Blog - Stranger in a Strange Land - Make it stand out One of our haenyeo instructors took this picture of me on Jeju. I so appreciate it because it perfectly encapsulates how I feel about both the ocean and solitude: powerful yet utterly serene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/d8b4b54f-6646-432a-87df-28a6d6a84728/Screenshot_20220619-101408_Photos.jpg Blog - Stranger in a Strange Land - Make it stand out Me with my dad at our air park home next to our Taylorcraft L-2, circa 1985. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/acbb1e8a-eaa7-4e38-b411-87e49abe175b/67652123_10218850707649408_2636371919808495616_n.jpg Blog - Stranger in a Strange Land - Make it stand out My parents next to the vintage wood-frame biplane the flew in the rally, a 1928 Travelair 4000. Incidentally, in this aircraft’s records, it was once confiscated by the US government during prohibition for transporting liquor. Badass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/8bf7ef82-1d81-4568-848a-b75c6b25ee96/515020045_10101093082915410_7663303969127339113_n.jpg Blog - Stranger in a Strange Land - Make it stand out Our intrepid Nomad Her haenyeo camp leader, Soyoung (in the t-shirt) with the group of us solo female travelers and haenyeo wannabes. We now call ourselves sea sisters = “seasters”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/c860626f-2346-4f94-bb2b-fd1c27e30084/20250710_130858.jpg Blog - Stranger in a Strange Land - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/orca-nized-wisdom-amp-the-evolutionary-advantage-of-grandmothering monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/e685e843-c631-4d6c-a39d-788d7577e7dd/gettyimages-1300010364.jpg Blog - Orca-nized wisdom & the evolutionary advantage of grandmothering - Make it stand out Underwater view of a pod of orcas. Image credit: Philip Thurston/Getty Images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/5ce6165d-1f6a-48ed-9605-693aec2a9c04/original_6704e739-ac56-4d7d-910b-9351fdc0e373_20250622_141717.jpg Blog - Orca-nized wisdom & the evolutionary advantage of grandmothering - Make it stand out Some of the transient Salish Sea orcas I saw while whale watching with my family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/0ef34a54-c3fb-4cc8-9d13-955339f995e0/original_8e6306f0-a529-48d1-8920-8611b3dd0ef3_20250622_141522.jpg Blog - Orca-nized wisdom & the evolutionary advantage of grandmothering - Make it stand out My beautiful mother and her grandson, my Jack, while looking for orcas in the Salish Sea. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/hope-and-the-feminism-of-conservation monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/50709cf7-fce2-4b2b-abcb-409ae334eeac/original_e7a5b8d1-828c-4b5f-984e-e73cb2ba1378_20250710_134232.jpg Blog - Hope and the feminism of conservation - Make it stand out Me on the mangrove walkways. Zanzibar is home to 9 native species of mangrove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/431e41a0-3156-45fb-b4c7-7e99ac59192d/original_3f06e472-2334-4931-a224-ca79676c908d_20250710_123812.jpg Blog - Hope and the feminism of conservation - Make it stand out A Red Colobus Monkey in the Jozani Forest on Zanzibar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/5a7af843-2f3b-4e32-b011-7975a9d5f4fb/original_5807d585-1be5-4af9-852c-1369b275c28d_20250710_104031.jpg Blog - Hope and the feminism of conservation - Make it stand out Me with Nasir, a freediving sponge farmer in Jambiani Beach, Zanzibar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/96835c1f-0ebc-4798-a1ea-9f0bfd6e717a/20250711_105500.jpg Blog - Hope and the feminism of conservation - Make it stand out Some soaps I purchased from the Furahia Wanawake co-op of seaweed farming women in Paje, Zanzibar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/c795f236-14a8-47ca-9935-4e90103daf15/20250711_073751.jpg Blog - Hope and the feminism of conservation - Make it stand out One of the seaweed co-op farming women gathering seaweed in the early morning low tide. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/no-pole-pole-i-have-to-see-a-lady-about-a-sponge-farm monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/b95563b0-bebf-4cff-bd34-f585b78374a3/20250709_085518.jpg Blog - No “pole pole”! I have to see a lady about a sponge farm. - Make it stand out Some of the types of seaweed commonly grown on the Zanzibar seaweed farms, Cottonii and Spinosum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/77ececcd-c0c3-4d07-9c15-8ac461fb09fe/20250709_085525.jpg Blog - No “pole pole”! I have to see a lady about a sponge farm. - Make it stand out One of the Mwani Mama’s, hard at work in the seaweed farm off of Paje Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/b28a95f0-6d45-4c83-b282-913d9a351e61/20250709_092209.jpg Blog - No “pole pole”! I have to see a lady about a sponge farm. - Make it stand out Some of the soap making materials at the Mwani facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/3106ebd6-0d3b-4ff2-b1a2-09e55ef9095a/20250709_082649.jpg Blog - No “pole pole”! I have to see a lady about a sponge farm. - Make it stand out The Mwani facility store front. I ended up buying enough soap to possibly cost me a heavy checked baggage fee later. Worth it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/c931e6d9-4922-4bbb-985d-37399704da7e/20250709_131647.jpg Blog - No “pole pole”! I have to see a lady about a sponge farm. - Make it stand out Jambiani Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/e61288f3-f3a5-4c42-961b-75db06cf16a8/20250709_173735.jpg Blog - No “pole pole”! I have to see a lady about a sponge farm. - Make it stand out Okala’s ecotourism program on Zanzibar. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/i-met-a-new-ocean-and-she-sang-to-me monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/4b7a591c-6a78-4c53-a96c-ffd389aced3f/20250706_131922.jpg Blog - I met a new ocean, and she sang to me - Make it stand out My hotel, Paje Beach Apartments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/ab64fbd0-c698-4268-b931-eabff74cbec9/20250707_065242.jpg Blog - I met a new ocean, and she sang to me - Make it stand out Early morning, possibly one of the Mwani Mama’s harvesting seaweed? Possibly not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/3b404f4f-b43f-4624-87af-a404c2e6b1e6/516753254_10101094678113620_1662931891857359184_n.jpg Blog - I met a new ocean, and she sang to me - Make it stand out I can’t believe I took this picture, either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/2ae5f600-c256-4d42-b68c-5e4376287cd1/516717706_10101094678108630_8459829419871542225_n.jpg Blog - I met a new ocean, and she sang to me - Make it stand out Some of the incredible scenery from the dive. You can see the mantis shrimp in the center of the picture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/39a00182-3916-44ce-a50f-e4f950ebfc50/20250707_070858%7E2.jpg Blog - I met a new ocean, and she sang to me - Make it stand out A jellyfish on the early morning beach. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/the-underwater-giggles monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/a0ad413a-60f3-47cb-8650-b1a543b3dd98/515439628_10101092563072180_8555009433647238869_n.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out The SCUBA boat I went out on out of Seogwipo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/cb604d52-abba-4fd6-b96b-422203528713/515436145_10101092563042240_4367940173800662397_n.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out Some of the array of algae species seen in the waters of Jeju. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/21c58a74-7e12-4c0a-8192-6eaa8cfd2b7e/515293925_10101092563022280_8829723863928919534_n.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out The diversity of soft corals was incredible! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/032ce44c-4e0d-42e8-9875-6e58f8efcf2d/20250703_095845.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out My breakfast, a haenyeo statue, a haenyeo book, and haenyeo in the harbor (though you can’t spot them in this photo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/81f97118-1d46-4080-ae52-df61071baeb3/515437926_10101093082895450_8933298213316615583_n.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out We are haenyeo camp trainees! With our instructor, a real haenyeo (left). We are in a truck with our tewaks (the big orange floats with nets), on the way back from our dive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/40f5c1f8-5045-40c3-98fa-bdb4933352aa/516039662_10101093082900440_1562894671543280741_n.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out Traditional Jeju dinner. I actually made this! Abalone porridge, tofu and seaweed salad, and grilled abalone with vegetables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/502a4b4b-85f4-4876-b159-3af492dc5447/515440519_10101093083070100_563265819360562385_n.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out Traditional haenyeo attire and equipment prior to the 1970’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/635bb09b-a9fd-447b-bf72-8104362040c2/515436015_10101093082960320_7855163880958449863_n.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out Our group of haenyeo trainees with our tewaks, ready to take on the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/ef8823ab-9b90-453e-9982-50ede9216ed3/515440401_10101093504051450_3356274872818400798_n.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out Our haenyeo group (standing) with our haenan host (right) and the five elder haenyeos (seated). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/5a6d1f45-c5c9-4107-8c74-3bc398cfab77/20250705_192913.jpg Blog - The underwater giggles - Make it stand out By Park Joon https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/yes-go-chasing-waterfalls monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/7c22343f-7ef6-4aaa-a425-f8581e2a4700/20250702_101358.jpg Blog - Yes, go chasing waterfalls - Make it stand out One of the stunning falls at Cheonjeyeon. There are rock formations like these in various parts of the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/be02a86a-b75d-4335-b45f-134c7303aaf7/20250702_122835.jpg Blog - Yes, go chasing waterfalls - Make it stand out Jungmun Saekdal Beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/ff11826c-ac7b-46d8-9bbd-383cbe2601cd/20250702_144124.jpg Blog - Yes, go chasing waterfalls - Make it stand out Inside the main greenhouse at the Jeju Botanical Gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/338fc7c1-2cd2-425e-948e-4ac632a92b50/20250702_171609.jpg Blog - Yes, go chasing waterfalls - Make it stand out Haenyeo art in the restaurant https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/jeju-43-amp-protest monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/8b5868f8-0c24-4dc1-881c-b8a9c51deb96/20250701_122101.jpg Blog - Jeju 4.3 & Protest - Make it stand out One of the approximately 90 memorial sites on Jeju Island dedicated to Jeju 4.3, Seogwipo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/1fe70f61-5403-4e76-ba2a-a9df263ce58b/20250701_120506.jpg Blog - Jeju 4.3 & Protest - Make it stand out Prison camps were all the rage under the police state and US Army-controlled Jeju in 1947-1948. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/3d98f303-412e-4f97-8991-263952dee6b6/0.jpg Blog - Jeju 4.3 & Protest - Make it stand out Another Jeju 4.3 memorial at Cheonjeyeon Falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/70af2a9f-d7cb-4cc7-a29b-15f960d4fba4/514326392_10101091541035350_5129722597551201575_n.jpg Blog - Jeju 4.3 & Protest - Make it stand out Another Jeju 4.3 memorial at Cheonjeyeon Falls. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/the-haenyeo-theyre-everywhere monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/63fba56d-a80f-4c6c-b739-de2a4053960a/20250630_163046.jpg Blog - The haenyeo! They’re everywhere! - Make it stand out My hotel room view in Seogwipo, Jeju. The next morning I could see haenyeo in the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/8fa96a05-8aea-484d-83d7-b8648fddfb73/20250701_083605.jpg Blog - The haenyeo! They’re everywhere! - Make it stand out The Saeyeongeyo Bridge, with haenyeo diving in the water to the left! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/42136fac-68aa-4d64-83f5-946143f34bb6/20250701_103927.jpg Blog - The haenyeo! They’re everywhere! - Make it stand out One of the haenyeo bringing in her catch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/383bc11a-c105-4b0e-8241-7b3f5f8c53f0/20250701_103309.jpg Blog - The haenyeo! They’re everywhere! - Make it stand out The haenyeo harvest: conch, sea squirts, sea cucumber, and abalone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/ab8dd9c6-19b1-4bcc-90e8-8faaae272126/20250701_082226.jpg Blog - The haenyeo! They’re everywhere! - Make it stand out A haenyeo statue in Seogwipo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/4a58a35e-2c02-4ae2-a92c-7621a6e224ff/original_fa56587a-66b7-4ca1-b263-a2e087529d5d_20250701_100303.jpg Blog - The haenyeo! They’re everywhere! - Make it stand out Me in front of Cheonjiyeon Falls, Seogwipo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/cba361e3-9533-4f82-99de-2ce59b80033e/20250701_094436.jpg Blog - The haenyeo! They’re everywhere! - Make it stand out Lots of Dol hareubang, absolutely zero evil spirits here. https://www.meredithoppegard.com/blog/we-carried-the-stories monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/179c82cb-37ff-4e79-8423-6fd20f9e7562/20250626_140849.jpg Blog - “We carried the stories” - Make it stand out Wooden canoes in Port Townsend, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/d7f68760-9515-417f-a9b2-192fb0315a8f/20250627_123924.jpg Blog - “We carried the stories” - Make it stand out Jack converseing with a Frilled Dogwinkle (Nucella lamellosa). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/ea331ba7-1fa2-4a21-854b-d8da3a1df8c7/20250627_153028.jpg Blog - “We carried the stories” - Make it stand out From the Hibulb Cultural Center, depicting the decades of issues between the U.S Government and the Coast Salish tribes on the topic of fishing rights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/e1497fb3-080c-4952-8711-4107f4e63cbc/20250627_152347%7E2.jpg Blog - “We carried the stories” - Make it stand out A woman “greeter” at the Hibulb Cultural Center. Also, my dad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/485b6cd0-af87-41c1-9c33-e3a049d7e2bd/20250627_153704%7E2.jpg Blog - “We carried the stories” - Make it stand out The exhibit on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women (& People) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/678c5da94c22544a99cc7e94/4b0438ab-2d0a-426d-9874-2a4d11e5f2c5/original_3ee379f1-43e1-4a6a-985a-9984c31c73fd_20250627_085742%7E2.jpg Blog - “We carried the stories” - Make it stand out This mermaid is in my parents’ dining room, overlooking the Salish Sea. 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