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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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preservation

Our Zapruder Memories

July 30, 2025
Tags: Texas, history, film, sacred space, jfk, city, preservation

Old School Display

November 25, 2024
Tags: museum, preservation, cairo

Keeper of Old Cairo

October 31, 2024
Tags: cairo, bookstore, books, preservation, development, university, education

First Visit to the Palace

July 18, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, architecture, preservation, grass

Pile of Rocks

February 01, 2024
Tags: Japan, memorial, preservation, tokyo, history

Important Spiritual Ground

January 26, 2024
Tags: Japan, shrine, shinto, preservation, tokyo

The Empty Foundation

January 09, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, preservation, stone, foundations, castle

Dream of Rebuilding

January 07, 2024
Tags: Japan, preservation, tokyo, castle, ruins, images

Two Decade Castle

January 07, 2024
Tags: Japan, castle, preservation, model, tokyo, history

The True Work of a Guide

January 06, 2024
Tags: Japan, guide, photography, preservation, castle

Freeway over a Canal

January 04, 2024
Tags: Japan, history, preservation, tokyo, modernity

Preserving a Beautiful Place

December 26, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, beauty, tea, preservation

A Lincoln Temple

July 22, 2023
Tags: Abraham LIncoln, temple, kentucky, preservation, history, democracy, public space

A Visit to Big Bone Lick

June 12, 2023
Tags: preservation, ice age, museum, animals

Desk and Chair

May 27, 2023
Tags: house, London, Darwin, preservation, study, writing
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