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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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death

Golden Shrines

January 17, 2026
Tags: Egypt, museum, ancient Egypt, shrine, death, gold

Books of the Afterlife

January 11, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum, books, death

Making Hope Visible

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, martyrdom, death, church, statue

Coffins in the Center

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, church, Coptic, death, worship

A Dramatic Leap

August 05, 2025
Tags: Texas, seminary, missionary, personal, death, theology

The Aperture

August 05, 2025
Tags: Texas, museum, sculpture, death, personal

New Path at the End

August 05, 2025
Tags: personal, Life, death, tolstoy

Starting Up Again

July 29, 2025
Tags: Texas, personal, death, museum

Signifiers for the Dead

September 20, 2022
Tags: cairo, architecture, tomb, death, islam

Commemorating the Martyrs

April 19, 2022
Tags: dubai, nation, expo, memorial, death
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Grabbing a View

April 27, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, mounds, nature, view, private space, Native Americans, death
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The Memorial Bench

October 20, 2020
Tags: wisconsin, Northwoods, memorial, american culture, sign, death
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Looking at the Waves

September 27, 2020
Tags: silicon valley, artificial intelligence, tech, death, water, ocean, film
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Death Mask

June 16, 2020
Tags: Egypt, museum, art, death
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In Loving Memory

April 15, 2020
Tags: memorial, death, church, england
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