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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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france

A Painting We Like Today

March 08, 2022
Tags: museum, modernity, france, painting, street scene, Paris

French Academic Painting

March 07, 2022
Tags: expo, art, painting, france, Impressionism
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Dressed Like They Own the Place

January 25, 2019
Tags: Senegal, colonialism, clothing, symbols, france, individualism
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The Great Administrator

January 25, 2019
Tags: Senegal, colonialism, military, statue, france, clothing
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Bastille Day, Senegal

January 22, 2019
Tags: Senegal, france, street scene, nation, symbols, flag, holiday
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Rufisque, or the Forgotten Commune

January 21, 2019
Tags: google earth, Senegal, colonialism, france
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More to the Story

January 05, 2019
Tags: Senegal, slaves, Civil Rights, france, colonialism
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The Legendary Tirailleurs

December 13, 2018
Tags: Senegal, military, cemetery, museum, france
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The Actual La Salette

September 18, 2018
Tags: shrine, france, catholic, church, mary, wisconsin

The Sacred Heart Cathedral, not Mosque

January 12, 2017
Tags: Morocco, church, catholic, colonialism, france