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Placed Thoughts

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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The Picture Window

March 31, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, window, cafe, lake, view, nature

Perplexity at the Start

October 20, 2022
Tags: dubai, museum, architecture, interpretation, writing, design, window

Glimpsed through a Window

October 04, 2022
Tags: dubai, window, mall, business, wealth, brands, clothing, globalization

Signs on High

July 07, 2022
Tags: cairo, Coptic, sign, residences, clothing, window, poverty

And Did Those Feet

May 14, 2022
Tags: jerusalem, relic, christianity, authenticity, stone, window, chapel
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A Creative Business

May 24, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, business, individualism, music, art, window, politics
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Team Moxtra

August 13, 2020
Tags: silicon valley, technology, office, creativity, window, computers, corporations
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Street View

July 04, 2020
Tags: California, home, personal, window, house, suburb, tree, street scene
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Windows on London

May 12, 2020
Tags: London, ismaili, architecture, modernism, design, window, wealth, material