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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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What I’m reading,
July/August 2025:

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Looking at Art

July 29, 2025
Tags: Texas, painting, personal, Paris

Yes to the Museum

July 29, 2025
Tags: Texas, museum, personal

Starting Up Again

July 29, 2025
Tags: Texas, personal, death, museum

Returns to Memory

November 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, personal, university, education, war

Once upon an Oasis

November 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, university, city, personal

That Egyptian Revolution

November 05, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, protest, photography, public space, personal

Back in the Day

November 04, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, advertisement, personal, cars, traffic

Bowling Alone

July 13, 2024
Tags: Egypt, sports, TikTok, personal

Common Good Things

April 27, 2024
Tags: wisconsin, lake, personal

Consider the Bonsai

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

Book Publishing

October 25, 2022
Tags: dubai, books, personal, nation

No Getting Lost

October 14, 2022
Tags: syria, damascus, mosque, design, people, park, personal

Personal Ambassadors

February 20, 2022
Tags: expo, food, Palestine, politics, personal, people, nation
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Madison Another Time, part 1

July 05, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, city, street scene, protest, politics, public space, personal
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The General Motors Plant

March 28, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, factory, industrialism, google earth, cars, personal, city
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