Placed Thoughts

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:

ritual

Mountain Goblins

March 14, 2024

Explaining How to Pray

December 20, 2023

Leaving Behind a Prayer

December 19, 2023

Steps for Ritual Washing

October 15, 2023

Attention and Crowds

May 25, 2022

The Nash Bach Parties

August 06, 2021

Cahokia at Aztalan

March 09, 2021

Woodhenge at Cahokia

March 07, 2021

Preserving the Trees

April 07, 2020

Religion on Hold

March 28, 2020

Outdoor Ablutions

March 27, 2020

The Model Parthenon

February 20, 2020

The Meaning of the Frieze

February 15, 2020

Sitting in a Zawiya

October 16, 2018

Street Prayer

October 16, 2018