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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection

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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:

democracy

Yet Utter the Word Democratic...

September 08, 2025

Tags: Texas, private space, american culture, Walt Whitman, democracy

The Sign of Democracy

July 22, 2023

Tags: kentucky, democracy, Abraham LIncoln, national parks, house

A Lincoln Temple

July 22, 2023

Tags: Abraham LIncoln, temple, kentucky, preservation, history, democracy, public space

The Lincoln Trail

July 22, 2023

Tags: kentucky, democracy, Abraham LIncoln, tourism, evangelicalism, map

George in the UAE

October 27, 2022

Tags: dubai, president, democracy, painting, museum

Participating in the Modern City

October 02, 2022

Tags: dubai, city, venice, people, painting, democracy, design

Seattle View

January 13, 2022

Tags: seattle, democracy, public space, port, ships, city

Democratic Spaces

December 30, 2021

Tags: St Louis, monunent, space, democracy, grass, messy, american culture

Capitol at the End

July 24, 2021

Tags: wisconsin, capitol, street scene, democracy, protest, government

Lincoln Looking Out

June 30, 2021

Tags: wisconsin, democracy, Abraham LIncoln, statue, race, protest, social justice, story, university

The Oval Office in Texas

July 09, 2020

Tags: office, relic, washington DC, Texas, photography, imagination, democracy

Mystical Bridge

March 29, 2017

Tags: bridges, New York, symbols, democracy, poetry, religion

Images of the King

January 10, 2017

Tags: Morocco, democracy, united states, monarchy, politics, images