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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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ephemera

Advertising New Stuff

April 01, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, advertisement, exercise, ephemera

Vacation Next

February 23, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, ephemera, vacation, forest, resort
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Picking Up a Brochure

May 05, 2021
Tags: Native Americans, national parks, nation, american culture, ephemera, symbols, mounds, story
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Northwoods Ephemera

October 30, 2020
Tags: wisconsin, Northwoods, sign, ephemera, fish, computers, photoshop, covid19
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Global from the Start

May 06, 2020
Tags: London, Ahmadiyya, islam, globalization, ephemera, technology
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Rising in the West

May 06, 2020
Tags: London, mosque, ephemera, Ahmadiyya, islam
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Passions Just Like Mine

March 07, 2019
Tags: Egypt, people, anthropology, travel, writing, class, mosque, ephemera
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Fourfold Symbol

January 04, 2018
Tags: missionary, evangelicalism, symbols, ephemera, Chile