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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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View fullsize The Fountain of Neptune in Bologna in the grand plaza.. from the 16th century. The logo for Maserati cars comes from the tip of that trident! 🔱

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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American South

Thoreau's House Goes South

March 20, 2023
Tags: Thoreau, house, American South, model, education, university
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Book This Bus

September 07, 2021
Tags: nashville, music, architecture, Greece, poetry, American South, american culture
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Reason to Visit

June 10, 2020
Tags: American South, tomb, american culture, house, music, sacred space
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Realism and Space

June 10, 2020
Tags: american culture, American South, music, statue, sacred space, imagination
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American Bethlehem

June 10, 2020
Tags: american culture, American South, music, relic, house, sacred space, pilgrimage
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Parking at the Parthenon

February 20, 2020
Tags: parthenon, American South, nashville, google earth, park, parking lot
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The Nashville Parthenon

February 19, 2020
Tags: parthenon, nashville, American South, american culture, architecture, temple, park