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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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Great Lakes

Things Plus

April 30, 2023
Tags: UP, Great Lakes, climate change, water, writing, things

Standing on the Beach

April 29, 2023
Tags: UP, Great Lakes, environmentalism, water

Noticing the Decline

April 29, 2023
Tags: UP, Great Lakes, fish, story, boat, sign

Insisting on History

April 28, 2023
Tags: UP, Great Lakes, boat, history, preservation, sign

Boat out of Water

April 28, 2023
Tags: UP, Great Lakes, boat, preservation

Splendid Isolation

April 28, 2023
Tags: UP, Great Lakes, house, road, google earth

Narrow Road to the North

April 27, 2023
Tags: UP, forest, Great Lakes, road, travel

The Edge of Something Else

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

May 03, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, geology, city, river, Great Lakes, history, google earth
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Sacred Military

December 07, 2017
Tags: military, sacred space, memorial, Great Lakes, monunent, american culture
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The Face in the Rock

December 06, 2017
Tags: academia, Great Lakes, imagination, interpretation, stone
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Ancient Celts on Beaver Island

December 06, 2017
Tags: Celts, Great Lakes, ethnicity, whiteness, archeology

Linked Islands

December 06, 2017
Tags: ethnicity, islands, Great Lakes, Ireland
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Father Gallagher

December 06, 2017
Tags: catholic, Great Lakes, fish, islands, authority, ethnicity
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Leaving Charlevoix

December 05, 2017
Tags: mormons, wealth, restaurant, Great Lakes, city
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