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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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newspaper

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The Great Empty

March 30, 2020
Tags: disease, New York, newspaper
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Barack and Michelle

January 02, 2019
Tags: Senegal, president, slaves, newspaper

Reading Newstands

June 02, 2018
Tags: dearborn, identity, nation, politics, newspaper
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Printing and Community

November 22, 2017
Tags: community, mormons, printing, newspaper, identity

Indian Surgical Strikes and Gandhi

November 23, 2016
Tags: india, Gandhi, non-violence, newspaper, Israel