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On the Eggplant Theory of Political Violence in Iraq

8/13/2024 2:10:09 PM

Two Ancestors, Same Civil War battle. One lived, One died.

5/31/2023 1:58:12 PM

Annals of a Middle East Treat

4/22/2023 8:01:28 PM

"Here one hears the voice of God"

9/22/2022 7:51:37 PM

On Finding a Painting at the Foot of Saladin's Citadel in Cairo

7/17/2022 3:33:45 PM

Thanks for the Memories, Vladimir

4/15/2022 1:56:13 PM

On Coyotes, Avocados, Signed Artist's Proofs and Other Seasonal Matters

12/15/2021 7:32:28 PM

Pontooning and Reflections from Long Lake

10/20/2021 11:23:48 AM

Great Mosque of the 'Umayyads: Oldest Extant Monumental Mosque

5/6/2021 8:39:36 PM

Behind the Red Barn

3/12/2021 7:52:28 PM

On Letting Go -- and Not Letting Go

1/17/2021 7:52:19 PM

A Holiday Gift Shop; on the Challenges of Recreating an 1800s Mideast Scene

11/14/2020 7:28:42 PM

Pierce & Pearce: on Art, Diplomacy, and the Connection to Watercolors

10/2/2020 8:31:31 PM

Hearing from Hal: Pearls before Swine and Remembering the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

8/13/2020 2:34:23 PM

On Snowbirding, Not Trending into Maine, Praeteritio and Hummingbirds

7/17/2020 1:36:54 PM

The Month of Willy-Nilly and Gremlins

6/12/2020 6:40:55 PM