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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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Turkey

The Original Fountain

March 01, 2022
Tags: expo, istanbul, architecture, Turkey, design, dubai

Straight from Stamboul

March 01, 2022
Tags: expo, Turkey, colonialism, chicago, nation, architecture

International Business Aspirations

December 24, 2021
Tags: dubai, Turkey, business, Internet, globalization, mall, food
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Statue of Artemis

March 21, 2020
Tags: statue, mythology, parthenon, Turkey, museum, temple
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A Wonder of the World

March 21, 2020
Tags: temple, Turkey, mythology, Wonder of the World, ruins, globalization, nation, imagination
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Turkish Funding

June 11, 2019
Tags: South Africa, Turkey, nation, sign, cemetery, indonesia

Medina Model

March 08, 2017
Tags: Saudi Arabia, islam, mosque, model, building, Turkey

About Those Clocks in Turkish Mosques

June 08, 2016
Tags: mosque, Turkey, clock, scholarship, books