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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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Civil Rights

The One Story

January 30, 2022
Tags: expo, united states, story, nation, statue, screens, history, social justice, Civil Rights
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A Street Named for Rep. John Lewis

September 07, 2021
Tags: nashville, Civil Rights, race, memorial, business, photography
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Insisting on Memory

July 06, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, names, graffiti, race, BLM, war, memorial, Civil Rights
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Historic and Contemporary Viroqua

May 23, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, city, history, sign, liberalism, race, Civil Rights, LGBTQ, preservation, politics
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The Sacred Tour Guide

April 07, 2019
Tags: South Africa, Civil Rights, tourism, guide, sacred space, prison
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The Bus Tour

April 06, 2019
Tags: South Africa, guide, tourism, transportation, Civil Rights
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More to the Story

January 05, 2019
Tags: Senegal, slaves, Civil Rights, france, colonialism
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Yes We Can Dream

January 02, 2019
Tags: Senegal, painting, symbols, Civil Rights, slaves
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Global MLK

December 28, 2018
Tags: Senegal, monunent, Pan-Africa, identity, Civil Rights, american culture