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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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Wonder of the World

Why One Museum?

December 02, 2024
Tags: cairo, museum, size, sign, Wonder of the World
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Where the Lighthouse Stood

June 13, 2020
Tags: ruins, Egypt, lighthouse, fortress, medieval, Wonder of the World, imagination
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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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Experience and Postcards

September 11, 2017
Tags: peru, postcards, Wonder of the World, travel, photography
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The Look of a Wonder of the World

September 11, 2017
Tags: inca, National Geographic, ruins, stone, Wonder of the World