• Landing Page
  • Daily Thoughts
  • Subject Index
  • About This Project
  • Menu

Placed Thoughts

Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
  • Landing Page
  • Daily Thoughts
  • Subject Index
  • About This Project

All My Links

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:

appiah.jpg dante.jpg Screenshot 2025-12-26 at 3.36.35 PM.png Screenshot 2025-12-26 at 3.38.39 PM.png cairo.jpg education.jpg nasser.jpg mark.jpg

Orthodox

Nine Superhero Saints

June 01, 2022
Tags: ethiopia, saint, painting, sacred space, christianity, identity, Orthodox
photocard1535.jpg

Icons and Identity

June 14, 2020
Tags: Egypt, house, identity, religion, Orthodox, icon, poetry, museum