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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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trash

Clean not Manicured

February 05, 2024
Tags: Japan, plants, trash, city, tokyo, sidewalk

Clean Modern City

January 26, 2024
Tags: Japan, street scene, modernity, city, trash, tokyo, sacred space

Keeping the Way Clean

December 15, 2023
Tags: Japan, trash, shrine, sacred space, identity

Tossed Plastic

July 31, 2022
Tags: Egypt, sacred space, desert, water, trash, messy, environmentalism, saint

Walking to the Monastery

July 07, 2022
Tags: cairo, sacred space, symbols, trash, power, sign, Coptic, poverty

Where the Streets Smell of Trash

July 07, 2022
Tags: cairo, trash, street scene, recycling, health, poverty

The City of Garbage

July 07, 2022
Tags: cairo, trash, city, building, architecture, street scene

The Marina as Public Space

December 15, 2021
Tags: dubai, trail, public space, bike, trash, waterfront