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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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space exploration

Universal Projection

October 26, 2022
Tags: dubai, nation, science, tool, museum, space exploration, Spain

Claims to Space

April 12, 2022
Tags: dubai, space exploration, nation, expo, leadership

Don't Stop Thinking

February 20, 2022
Tags: expo, future, artificial intelligence, technology, Israel, space exploration

On Mars

February 04, 2022
Tags: expo, china, Mars, space exploration, globalization, screens, nation, story

Under the Rocket Exhausts

February 02, 2022
Tags: expo, power, space exploration, food, american culture, politics, restaurant, design

Rocket Man

February 01, 2022
Tags: expo, space exploration, business, innovation, corporations

Space, the Final Signifier

February 01, 2022
Tags: expo, space exploration, nation, Mars, climate change, imagination, united states

The Final Frontier

January 02, 2022
Tags: dubai, space exploration, screens, business, globalization, future

...and into Space

December 20, 2021
Tags: dubai, space, satellite, space exploration, screens, skyscraper, corporations