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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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Not Quite a Castle

September 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, personal, suburb, house

Clouded Reflections

August 23, 2025
Tags: Texas, suburb, personal, clouds

Comfort Foods

August 21, 2025
Tags: Texas, personal, food, fast-food

Lunch Then Hospice

August 16, 2025
Tags: Texas, fast-food, food, personal

A Dramatic Leap

August 05, 2025
Tags: Texas, seminary, missionary, personal, death, theology

The Aperture

August 05, 2025
Tags: Texas, museum, sculpture, death, personal

New Path at the End

August 05, 2025
Tags: personal, Life, death, tolstoy

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
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