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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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St Louis

Democratic Spaces

December 30, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, space, democracy, grass, messy, american culture

Siting Monuments

December 30, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, landscape, river, Native Americans, American West

Building Meaning

December 30, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, national parks, interpretation, united states, nation, American West, story

...or the Arch

December 29, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, arch, architecture, material
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The Site of a City

March 07, 2021
Tags: St Louis, Native Americans, mounds, city, grass, guide, tourism
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Woodhenge at Cahokia

March 07, 2021
Tags: St Louis, museum, Native Americans, mounds, calendar, ritual
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The Signifying City

March 06, 2021
Tags: St Louis, mounds, Native Americans, art, city, museum, power, laborers
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The Great Platform

March 04, 2021
Tags: Native Americans, mounds, burial, St Louis, grass, monastery
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St. Louis from Cahokia

March 04, 2021
Tags: St Louis, american culture, Native Americans, mounds, river