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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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economy

No One Here Gets Ahead

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, money, economy

The Layered Pump

November 24, 2022
Tags: gas station, energy, corporations, brands, economy, credit card, business

Heroic Sheikhs

April 12, 2022
Tags: dubai, animation, nation, capitalism, economy, business, desert, sand
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The Real and Ideal Economy

May 26, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, mural, city, colleges, parking lot, public art, identity, agriculture, economy
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The Afterlife of Industry

March 24, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, industrialism, patriotism, flag, public art, economy, factory
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Postcard of Industry

March 24, 2021
Tags: postcards, wisconsin, industrialism, river, economy, colleges
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The Mythical Garage

July 25, 2020
Tags: silicon valley, house, corporations, mythology, sacred space, economy, museum
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Shards of Meaning

January 11, 2020
Tags: London, skyscraper, skyline, corporations, wealth, economy, city, church, architecture
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Domains of Credit Cards

December 27, 2018
Tags: Senegal, money, sign, mall, business, economy
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The Making Place

October 26, 2017
Tags: detroit, city, maker, photography, economy

Michigan's Upper Peninsula as the Anti-Silicon Valley

August 02, 2016
Tags: silicon valley, UP, museum, economy