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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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The Cattle Drive for Tourists

August 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, tourism, animals, ritual, history, railway, American West

At the Train Station

November 29, 2024
Tags: cairo, public art, public space, nation, Egypt, ancient Egypt, railway

Surveying Modern Cairo

November 20, 2024
Tags: cairo, map, city, museum, railway

Monorail Rising

August 02, 2024
Tags: cairo, corporations, public transportation, railway, city, globalization

The Baron Empain Palace

July 16, 2024
Tags: cairo, business, railway, house, architecture

Bessemer in 1886

April 26, 2023
Tags: UP, city, mines, railway, map

The Jarring Tracks

March 20, 2023
Tags: Thoreau, railway, symbols, sacred space, environmentalism, forest

The Way It Really Was

February 26, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, logging, lake, forest, railway, photography

A Northwoods False Start

February 19, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, photography, history, forest, railway

The Simple Depot

February 19, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, preservation, museum, railway

For a Humble Boulder

February 18, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, forest, logging, railway, painting, museum

The Boulder Junction

February 18, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, railway, city, nature, logging

Station and Dome

September 19, 2022
Tags: Egypt, colonialism, architecture, railway, transportation

Readable Above

September 12, 2022
Tags: Egypt, pilgrimage, mosque, city, transportation, railway, google earth

Fast Train Coming

July 24, 2022
Tags: Egypt, transportation, construction, desert, sign, railway
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