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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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wisconsin

Stuck on the Surface

April 28, 2024
Tags: water, camera, photography, travel, wisconsin

Common Good Things

April 27, 2024
Tags: wisconsin, lake, personal

The Reason for the Fair

April 25, 2024
Tags: wisconsin, county fair, animals, agriculture

Tattooed Us

April 23, 2024
Tags: japan, wisconsin, tattoo, people, individualism, american culture

Walking the State Fair

April 18, 2024
Tags: japan, county fair, food, diversity, people, wisconsin, crowds

Would That Everyone Was a Travel Writer

April 18, 2024
Tags: japan, travel, wisconsin, city, city council, american culture, instagram

Beginner's Mind

September 19, 2023
Tags: tokyo, Japan, travel, wisconsin, imagination, technology

Pure Land

April 23, 2023
Tags: travel, wisconsin, road, sign, forest

The Edge of Something Else

April 23, 2023
Tags: Great Lakes, water, wisconsin, Northwoods

Trailside Deductions

April 19, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, wisconsin, forest, trail, history, nature centers

Come Discover

April 15, 2023
Tags: wisconsin, cave, map, nature centers, nature, children

The Humble Work

April 15, 2023
Tags: wisconsin, nature centers, classroom, corporations, education

The Local Look

April 15, 2023
Tags: wisconsin, nature centers, birds, nature, education, corporations

The Local Nature Center

April 15, 2023
Tags: nature centers, wisconsin, fish, pond, painting, nature, insects

Add Them Up

April 12, 2023
Tags: wisconsin, corporations, warehouse, google earth, freeway, construction
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