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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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Ramses at the Train Station

January 10, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, statue, city, cairo, power, Egypt

Despair from the Window

September 07, 2025
Tags: Texas, city, public transportation, neighborhoods, cars, airplane

Complete Streets

September 07, 2025
Tags: Texas, neighborhoods, google earth, city

Heritage Traces

August 16, 2025
Tags: Texas, parking lot, street scene, sign, corporations, identity, city, suburb

Sundance Plaza

August 09, 2025
Tags: Texas, city, mural, people

Our Zapruder Memories

July 30, 2025
Tags: Texas, history, film, sacred space, jfk, city, preservation

The Heart of Dallas

July 30, 2025
Tags: Texas, landscape, history, icon, jfk, city

New Cities on YouTube

December 22, 2024
Tags: city, Saudi Arabia, design, YouTube, placed thoughts, place, Internet

The Hollowed Center

December 17, 2024
Tags: cairo, view, city, Egypt

The Mosaic Program

December 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, public art, mosaic, middle east, pyramid, syria

That Cairo Tower

December 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, river, skyscraper, city, Cold War

Greetings from Cairo

December 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, postcards, design

Building the Empty Crescent

December 15, 2024
Tags: ancient Egypt, river, palace, city, archeology

City of the Sun

December 15, 2024
Tags: ancient Egypt, city, religion, archeology

The Blue Squiggly Nile

December 11, 2024
Tags: cairo, river, map, desert, city
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