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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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LGBTQ

Colors of Individualism

February 19, 2026
Tags: finland, LGBTQ, identity, public transportation

The Rainbow in Japan

February 15, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, books, bookstore, LGBTQ, identity

Taking Back the Rainbow

May 25, 2023
Tags: museum, creationism, politics, LGBTQ, t-shirts, bible

Doctrine of Marriage

May 21, 2023
Tags: museum, creationism, marriage, LGBTQ, bible, sign

Trans Graffiti

November 02, 2022
Tags: dubai, LGBTQ, sign, graffiti
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Stonewall Was a Riot

July 06, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, street scene, protest, race, BLM, graffiti, business, sign, LGBTQ
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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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Rainbows in the Castro

August 16, 2020
Tags: San Francisco, street scene, LGBTQ, symbols, flag, neighborhoods, identity
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The Door to Cavafy's House

June 14, 2020
Tags: museum, Egypt, doors, sign, identity, LGBTQ
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Same Love

January 23, 2018
Tags: evangelicalism, chapel, LGBTQ, social justice, graffiti
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Alternative Mormon Histories

November 28, 2017
Tags: mormons, history, missionary, LGBTQ, t-shirts

Where the Crosswalks Are Rainbows

July 29, 2016
Tags: San Francisco, LGBTQ, public art, identity