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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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war

Almost Open

November 30, 2024
Tags: cairo, museum, war, tourism, statue

Returns to Memory

November 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, personal, university, education, war

A Previous Visitor

July 11, 2024
Tags: Egypt, Israel, war, YouTube, museum

To the Banks of the Suez Canal

July 11, 2024
Tags: Egypt, war, military, painting, museum

6th of October War Panorama

July 11, 2024
Tags: Egypt, museum, war, military, cairo

Showing a Life

October 17, 2023
Tags: Japan, war, story, shrine, shinto

Japanese Flags

October 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, shrine, shinto, flag, symbols, war

Touch Screen Info

October 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, shrine, screens, war, language, shinto

The Seriousness of a Shrine

October 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, religion, sacred space, design, war, shinto

What Went Wrong

May 21, 2023
Tags: creationism, bible, museum, war, Holocaust

Pray for Ukraine

August 19, 2022
Tags: Egypt, war, prayer, monastery, clothing

Model Ship in the Cathedral

June 07, 2022
Tags: england, patriotism, war, ships, model, spirituality, church

Leaving a Note of Thanks

April 19, 2022
Tags: dubai, memorial, expo, nation, holiday, war
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Deploying a Capitol

September 04, 2021
Tags: nashville, money, architecture, interpretation, war

America is Privileged to Spend Her Blood and Her Might

September 04, 2021
Tags: nashville, Greece, architecture, memorial, war
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