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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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geology

The Work of the Flood

May 23, 2023
Tags: creationism, museum, bible, geology, fossil fuel
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An Unexpected Problem

June 29, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, plaques, memorial, geology, science, race, story, social justice
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A Glacial Erratic

June 29, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, geology, stone, monunent, science, university
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The Relic Observatory

June 28, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, observatory, university, Native Americans, geology, relic
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Sacred Spring

June 25, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, water, sacred space, bible, arboretum, mounds, geology
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Driftless City

May 03, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, geology, city, river, Great Lakes, history, google earth
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An Erratic Presence

February 23, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, geology, park, stone, monunent, Native Americans, mounds
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Niagara Escarpment

February 04, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, Native Americans, mounds, geology, nature, american culture, niagara
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The Northern Highlands

November 18, 2020
Tags: wisconsin, geology, lake, ice age, preservation, forest, environmentalism