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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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Price of Entrance

May 16, 2023
Tags: kentucky, sign, museum, vacation, money

Long Roads in the UP

April 24, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, vacation, road, view, forest, UP

What Brought Us Out

March 27, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, pro sports, bar, vacation, self

A Northwoods Pub

March 27, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, bar, business, vacation, sign

A Modern Forest View

February 26, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, resort, forest, vacation, chairs, lake

Marks of Time

February 26, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, history, time, resort, vacation

Spots of Time

February 26, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, vacation, photography, resort, history

Never Just You and Your People

February 25, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, resort, interior scene, forest, vacation

Resort of the Woods

February 24, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, resort, design, food, fish, vacation

The Humble Cabin

February 23, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, tree, forest, photography, vacation

Vacation Next

February 23, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, ephemera, vacation, forest, resort

Tour, Interrupted

August 19, 2022
Tags: Egypt, monastery, tourism, guide, europe, vacation, language
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Thanks to the Nature Conservancy

November 19, 2020
Tags: wisconsin, Northwoods, nature, lake, preservation, vacation
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The Cabin Inside

November 12, 2020
Tags: wisconsin, Northwoods, interior scene, design, vacation, 19th century, books
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Looking at a Cabin

November 03, 2020
Tags: wisconsin, Northwoods, architecture, design, material, vacation, chairs, house
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