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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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Ottomans

Museum Infrastructure

December 15, 2022
Tags: Egypt, fortress, nation, ships, infrastructure, Ottomans

Actual Iznik

October 13, 2022
Tags: dubai, Ottomans, tile, design, mosque, clothing, flower, istanbul

Casual Iznik

October 11, 2022
Tags: dubai, Ottomans, tile, design, architecture

The Mosque in Time

September 15, 2022
Tags: Egypt, mosque, pilgrimage, Ottomans, architecture, postcards

New Wine in Old Wineskins

June 20, 2022
Tags: cairo, mosque, Ottomans, architecture, city, citadel
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Magic Up Above

March 07, 2020
Tags: parthenon, London, sculpture, Ottomans, travel
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The Acropolis Village

March 07, 2020
Tags: Greece, Ottomans, village, parthenon, sculpture, street scene, wall, ruins, mosque, house
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Turkish Acropolis

March 01, 2020
Tags: Greece, books, map, parthenon, minaret, mosque, Ottomans, travel, preservation
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Before It Was All Cleaned Up

February 27, 2020
Tags: Greece, parthenon, preservation, architecture, temple, Ottomans
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March 12, 2019
Tags: Egypt, postcards, mosque, Ottomans
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The First Murid Mosque

February 08, 2019
Tags: Senegal, mosque, Ottomans, islam, architecture, colonialism
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Morocco in Dakar

January 06, 2019
Tags: Senegal, Morocco, mosque, city, street scene, Ottomans

Only a Clock Tower

March 06, 2018
Tags: syria, preservation, clock, symbols, Ottomans