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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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Signs of the Museum

November 25, 2024
Tags: museum, sign, guide, messy

The Future Is Unfinished

September 23, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, development, residences, construction, messy, future, street scene

Tossed Plastic

July 31, 2022
Tags: Egypt, sacred space, desert, water, trash, messy, environmentalism, saint

Democratic Spaces

December 30, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, space, democracy, grass, messy, american culture
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Unkempt Mounds

June 10, 2021
Tags: mounds, park, wisconsin, tree, sign, landscape, grass, messy
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Murid Groundskeeping

February 08, 2019
Tags: Senegal, landscape, identity, public space, messy
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Reading a Windshield

January 30, 2018
Tags: transportation, syria, islam, identity, authority, symbols, messy
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The Crowded Aesthetic of Mystery

January 12, 2018
Tags: church, mosaic, messy, aesthetic, interior scene