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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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Not lawn ornaments

What I’m reading,
Nov & Dec 2024:

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Choosing a Major

December 18, 2024
Tags: cairo, university, education, people

No Mall Photos

December 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, mall, success, people, photography

A King to Remember

November 24, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, statue, museum, people

Further into Cairo

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, street scene, people, city, markets

The People of Cairo

November 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, people, street scene, Egypt, city, river

Tattooed Us

April 23, 2024
Tags: japan, wisconsin, tattoo, people, individualism, american culture

Walking the State Fair

April 18, 2024
Tags: japan, county fair, food, diversity, people, wisconsin, crowds

Civil Religion as Actual Religion

December 19, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, civil religion, tourism, people, tokyo

A Grand Wooden Shrine

December 18, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, sacred space, nation, people, material, world war 2

Paying to Hang Out

September 28, 2023
Tags: tokyo, people, street scene, friendship, costume, clothing

The Maxed-out Aesthetic

September 26, 2023
Tags: tokyo, Japan, aesthetic, design, signs, street scene, people

Triumph of Godzilla

September 26, 2023
Tags: tokyo, statue, photography, city, people, monster

Tokyo Subway

September 25, 2023
Tags: tokyo, public transportation, people, city, Japan, screens

Reading the Corporate Context

September 21, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, corporations, people, globalization

The Busiest Pedestrian Crossing

September 19, 2023
Tags: tokyo, Japan, tourism, people
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