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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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We Live in a Political World

January 24, 2023
Tags: road, sign, border, travel, nation

The Roadside Destination

January 14, 2023
Tags: niagara, national parks, tourism, border, covid19, selfie

Passport Stamps

December 13, 2021
Tags: dubai, airport, identity, passport, border, aesthetic
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Getting Past the Desert

November 28, 2020
Tags: Senegal, africa, nature, river, water, border
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Kukuna from Above

April 04, 2020
Tags: Sierra Leone, rural, nature, globalization, road, border, nation, environmentalism
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Coming into Touba

February 09, 2019
Tags: Senegal, pilgrimage, road, gate, sacred space, border, street scene
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Mapping ISIS Territory

February 22, 2018
Tags: mapping, terrorists, syria, iraq, nation, border
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The Wall in Bethlehem

January 10, 2018
Tags: injustice, Palestine, Israel, wall, graffiti, border
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Bedouin Camps

December 08, 2017
Tags: desert, Egypt, Bedouin, cars, border, nomads

The Work of Museums

September 11, 2016
Tags: San Jose, museum, border, mexico, art