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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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fundamentalism

A Hot Minute at the Mall

September 22, 2024
Tags: Egypt, cairo, clothing, fundamentalism, nation, globalization, mall

A Chinese Dragon

May 18, 2023
Tags: museum, interpretation, history, china, creationism, fundamentalism

The Shrine Glow

September 20, 2022
Tags: Egypt, shrine, fundamentalism, islam, sacred space, place

Buildings as Sermons

January 02, 2022
Tags: dubai, fundamentalism, architecture, sign, clothing, modernity, development
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The Destruction

February 13, 2018
Tags: ruins, google earth, islam, temple, syria, fundamentalism, terrorists

What Could Go Wrong?

November 14, 2016
Tags: hinduism, ramakrishna math, india, fundamentalism