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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 grave marker of Adele Brise in Champion near Door County.. composed in Walloon, related to French and still spoken in southern Belgium

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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9/11

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Constructing Identity with a Museum

May 31, 2018
Tags: museum, dearborn, identity, 9/11, street scene
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Presidential Painting

October 11, 2017
Tags: Texas, president, art, 9/11, veterans

9/11 Memorial in Texas

October 10, 2017
Tags: 9/11, memorial, Texas, president, museum, screens

Another Sort of Edge

April 21, 2017
Tags: 9/11, memorial, nature, nation, niagara

Thoughts on an Edge

April 21, 2017
Tags: 9/11, memorial, New York, water, architecture

Names on a Memorial

April 21, 2017
Tags: 9/11, memorial, individualism, names, american culture

The Drop in the Middle

April 21, 2017
Tags: 9/11, memorial, New York, architecture

Whiteness of the Whale

April 10, 2017
Tags: 9/11, memorial, mall, architecture

I've Seen This Before

April 09, 2017
Tags: New York, 9/11, memorial, architecture, milwaukee

A Parking Lot

March 03, 2017
Tags: wisconsin, 9/11, sacred space, american culture, memorial, parking lot

Re-interpreting Lady Liberty

March 02, 2017
Tags: wisconsin, 9/11, memorial, statue, united states, american culture

All First Responders Go To Heaven

March 01, 2017
Tags: wisconsin, memorial, 9/11, christianity, civil religion, american culture

Roadside 9/11 Memorial

March 01, 2017
Tags: wisconsin, memorial, 9/11, freeway

A Response to 9/11 from the Heart of the UP

August 02, 2016
Tags: UP, art, 9/11, museum