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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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buddhism

Mountain Pilgrimage

March 15, 2024
Tags: Japan, mountains, sacred space, nature, pilgrimage, shrine, shinto, buddhism

Another Example of Repetition

January 27, 2024
Tags: Japan, money, design, statue, buddhism

The Hands of a Pilgrim

September 16, 2023
Tags: Japan, pilgrimage, travel, modernity, buddhism, statue, body

Zenzai Doji, Seeker

September 16, 2023
Tags: Japan, museum, statue, travel, pilgrimage, buddhism
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Mindfulness and Tech

September 25, 2020
Tags: silicon valley, mindfulness, buddhism, statue, innovation, tech
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Objects Can Be Like Breath

September 25, 2020
Tags: silicon valley, buddhism, mindfulness, worship, space
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Comfort with Failure

September 24, 2020
Tags: buddhism, silicon valley, innovation, mindfulness
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Putting Away the Past

September 24, 2020
Tags: silicon valley, buddhism, mindfulness, history, innovation
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Insight Meditation Center

September 24, 2020
Tags: silicon valley, mindfulness, buddhism, sign, church, community
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Casual Buddhism

September 24, 2020
Tags: silicon valley, buddhism, mindfulness, freeway, statue, apple, google, tech

Financial Success and Religion

September 30, 2016
Tags: indonesia, islam, business, bookstore, books, buddhism