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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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seattle

Tech Elsewhere

December 02, 2024
Tags: seattle, Egypt, technology, city

Seattle View

January 13, 2022
Tags: seattle, democracy, public space, port, ships, city

Port of Seattle Containers

September 01, 2016
Tags: seattle, industrialism, containers, port, globalization

The Smith Tower and The Alaskan Way Viaduct

August 31, 2016
Tags: seattle, skyscraper, skyline, freeway

The Classic Quality of the Space Needle

August 17, 2016
Tags: seattle, skyscraper, city, imagination

Salmon Running by Swimming

August 17, 2016
Tags: seattle, nature, fish, modernity

An Academic Looking at Screens

August 14, 2016
Tags: technology, seattle, screens, youth

Technology and Changing Cities

August 13, 2016
Tags: seattle, technology, city, change

My Grandmother and a Radical Social Movement

August 13, 2016
Tags: seattle, interior scene, British-Israelism, grandma