A Letter to 2025, and Hello 2026!

And just like that, 2025 is wrapping itself up.

We’re not doing a big “wrapped” ceremony, but we did have a huge year at Moss and Fog, certainly our biggest yet in terms of reach, audience, and growth.

Now we have that familiar end-of-year feeling where you finally stop moving long enough to realize how much actually happened.

With nearly 1400 posts, hundreds of topics, and 777,777 + words, we certainly had a lot to say.

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At Moss and Fog, we spent this year following our curiosity wherever it wanted to go. Iceland from the sky. Treehouses that felt like grown-up hideouts. Homes built inside of giant boulders.

Even that strange ocean wave that people started calling ‘Earth’s belly button’. The internet is noisy, but these were the moments that made us pause.

We also took time this year to reflect on people whose lives shaped the way we see the world. 

Jane Goodall, whose pioneering study of chimpanzees rewrote what humans thought about animals and ourselves, passed away at 91.

Saying Goodbye to Jane Goodall, a World Treasure

Her work taught so many of us to look closer, to care deeper, and to imagine a world that includes all living things.  

Robert Redford, legendary actor, director, and champion of independent film and environmental causes, died at 89. 

Frank Gehry, who provided the world with so much architectural innovation and inspiration.

Frank Gehry, a Legend of Architecture, Has Died at Age 96

It wasn’t just them either. The world said goodbye to other voices and creators whose work colored our culture and our days. People whose music, films, activism, design, or sheer curiosity opened new spaces for all of us to think with.  

Mostly though, 2025 felt full of energy, both angst-filled, but also highly creative.

We watched artists use AI like a sketchbook instead of a shortcut. We saw hands-on making come back in surprising ways. We also grew our Youtube presence from nothing to 40,000 active subscribers. (Thank you!)

And we felt Moss and Fog grow into more than just a site. It started to feel like a place you come to breathe for a minute.

So thanks for being here. For reading. For sharing. For caring about beautiful, strange things in a world that rarely slows down.

Here’s to 2026.

Here’s hoping it’s filled with more intelligence, compassion, creativity, and inspiration than any year before.

We will be right here with you, still chasing wonder.