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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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Texas

The Bare Magnolia

September 13, 2025
Tags: Texas, tree, google earth, house

The Backyard Garden

September 13, 2025
Tags: Texas, garden, soil, house

Painted Memory of a Tree

September 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, tree, painting, house, memory

The Magnolia Tree

September 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, tree, suburb, memory, symbols

Not Quite a Castle

September 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, personal, suburb, house

Castles in Texas

September 11, 2025
Tags: Texas, house, Christmas, private space

Don't Fence Me In

September 08, 2025
Tags: Texas, street scene, house, fence, private space

Yet Utter the Word Democratic...

September 08, 2025
Tags: Texas, private space, american culture, Walt Whitman, democracy

Suburban Activity Zones

September 07, 2025
Tags: Texas, park, exercise, house, neighborhoods

Despair from the Window

September 07, 2025
Tags: Texas, city, public transportation, neighborhoods, cars, airplane

Complete Streets

September 07, 2025
Tags: Texas, neighborhoods, google earth, city

The Rules of Arcadia

August 27, 2025
Tags: Texas, rural, mythology, flag, gate, neighborhoods

Finding the Aesthetic

August 27, 2025
Tags: Texas, suburb, house, photography

On the Beach

August 27, 2025
Tags: Texas, suburb, house, photography, neighborhoods

Clouded Reflections

August 23, 2025
Tags: Texas, suburb, personal, clouds
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