Paris, France

A full fortnight has passed since the tragic fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. Consumed by flames, the spire fell. Thanks to les sapeurs pompiers, the bell towers escaped the same fate. As the world watched in real time, a witness to world history disappeared. Our Lady learned the same lesson we all learn: "for dust thou art, and unto dust thou shall return." [2005]

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Peddling produces powerful pangs of hunger. But, if you pack a lunch you can satisfy that hunger any time you want, rather than trying to find a restaurant, or arguing about what kind of food would hit the spot. [2017]

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

European cities are so much more likely than American cities to differentiate between work-week space and week-end space. Must motor vehicles have priority on city streets 24 hours a day and 7 days a week? The American answer is yes. The Scottish answer is no. [2017]

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Glasgow hosted the 20th Commonwealth Games. Now, the same space that made memories for athletes continues to make memories for a wee lad and his dad. Don't they look happy? The games may have been in 2014, but they continue to cast a brilliance over their host city. [2017]

Dalhart, Texas, USA

How do you tell a story about violence against women? You use the county courthouse to symbolize the law and silhouettes to symbolize individual women who were killed by their "intimate partners." The story of each is told in the outline maps they wear as broaches. [2018]

Ashboro, North Carolina, USA

Here's a chuckwalla protecting a kettle not far from the chuck wagon. He calls himself a kettle guardian, and hopes that his kind will one day gain as much respect as the temple guardians of antiquity. [2018]

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Caiman lizards are natives of South America. They love sunning themselves over water habitats where they can regularly dive and swim. As for their diet: mostly snails. As for their tails: similar to the caimans from which they take their name. [2018]