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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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The Backyard Garden

September 13, 2025
Tags: Texas, garden, soil, house

Cityscape as Echo of Pines

January 04, 2024
Tags: Japan, garden, city, skyscraper, tree, tokyo

The Powerful Well

December 28, 2023
Tags: Japan, water, religion, garden, history, sacred space

Symbols Crosscutting Nature

December 27, 2023
Tags: Japan, garden, pond, flower, nature, fish

Consider the Bonsai

December 27, 2023
Tags: Japan, garden, art, bonsai, tree, personal

View from the Tea House

December 26, 2023
Tags: Japan, view, garden, tea, city, park

The Inner Garden

December 23, 2023
Tags: Japan, garden, shinto, park

Songs of Ascent

October 15, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, garden, aesthetic

The Heated Greenhouse

May 27, 2023
Tags: greenhouse, plants, garden, Darwin, Life

That Blissful Bower

May 21, 2023
Tags: museum, creationism, garden, poetry, bible

Getting Used to Dinosaurs

May 17, 2023
Tags: kentucky, museum, sculpture, garden, creationism, dinosaur

The Mosque from Above

October 09, 2022
Tags: dubai, google earth, Internet, design, garden, mosaic, architecture, mosque

The Mirage in the Desert

August 21, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, monastery, garden, modernity, development, sign, residences

Garden in the Desert

August 20, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, garden, monastery

Tending a Garden

July 27, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, garden, home, monastery, community, bible
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