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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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A Whispering Giant

May 01, 2023
Tags: UP, Native Americans, sculpture, public art, forest, lake

Wooden Bridge to the Future

April 29, 2023
Tags: UP, bridges, CCC, forest, american culture

Narrow Road to the North

April 27, 2023
Tags: UP, forest, Great Lakes, road, travel

Extraction and Town Building

April 26, 2023
Tags: UP, city, laborers, forest, map

Long Roads in the UP

April 24, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, vacation, road, view, forest, UP

Identity in the Forest

April 24, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, politics, forest, sign, road, Trump, UP

Pure Land

April 23, 2023
Tags: travel, wisconsin, road, sign, forest

Forest Businesses

April 22, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, forest, storage, business

Trailside Deductions

April 19, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, wisconsin, forest, trail, history, nature centers

"Welcome to the Northwoods!"

April 18, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, sign, forest, trail, nature centers

The Discovery Center

April 13, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, forest, nature centers, sign, wealth

The Prairie Lodge

April 11, 2023
Tags: wisconsin, corporations, Northwoods, tree, forest

Interstate Sermon

April 10, 2023
Tags: wisconsin, freeway, sermon, forest, corporations

What's in a Warehouse?

April 05, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, wisconsin, warehouse, corporations, forest, politics

The Forested Warehouse

April 05, 2023
Tags: wisconsin, Northwoods, forest, warehouse, corporations
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