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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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Midwest

Nowhere Snacks

January 14, 2023
Tags: Midwest, road, business, place, food, cars

Stopping on the Way

January 12, 2023
Tags: Midwest, road, infrastructure, gas station, travel

Cloud Photos

January 11, 2023
Tags: Midwest, clouds, road, spirituality

What Happens on the Interstate

January 11, 2023
Tags: Midwest, transportation, road, freeway

Towns Along the Way

January 11, 2023
Tags: Midwest, road, city, house, celebrity

Roadside Moments

January 10, 2023
Tags: Midwest, road, agriculture, house, rural, politics, infrastructure

Seeing Substations and Transformers

January 10, 2023
Tags: Midwest, road, camera, electricity, infrastructure

Information Out There

January 08, 2023
Tags: Midwest, agriculture, infrastructure, Internet, road

Roadside Symmetries

January 08, 2023
Tags: Midwest, road, agriculture, machines, infrastructure

Not Much Is Really Sacred

January 07, 2023
Tags: Midwest, infrastructure, cell phone, screens, road

Easy to See Without Looking Too Far

January 07, 2023
Tags: Midwest, sacred space, road, cars, national parks, business

Roadside Encouragement

November 20, 2022
Tags: united states, covid19, sign, infrastructure, Midwest

A Clean Room for the Body

November 19, 2022
Tags: body, hotel, road, freeway, Midwest, travel, cars

Worth a Stop

November 18, 2022
Tags: Midwest, education, military, chapel, england, church, postcards

Writing the Interstate

November 17, 2022
Tags: united states, road, writing, travel, clouds, Midwest
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