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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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Paris

Looking at Art

July 29, 2025
Tags: Texas, painting, personal, Paris

Paris on the Nile

November 12, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, google earth, Paris, 19th century

Way Too Much

October 23, 2022
Tags: Paris, islam, art, museum

Great Rooms

October 23, 2022
Tags: Paris, museum, statue, tourism

Points of Focus

October 23, 2022
Tags: Paris, museum, statue, Greece, tourism

Comparative Louvres

October 23, 2022
Tags: Paris, museum, architecture, dubai, modernism

A Painting We Like Today

March 08, 2022
Tags: museum, modernity, france, painting, street scene, Paris