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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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Moving Upwards

November 30, 2024
Tags: cairo, museum, academia, guide

Signs of the Museum

November 25, 2024
Tags: museum, sign, guide, messy

Living Symbols

January 13, 2024
Tags: Japan, guide, nation, Royal Family

The True Work of a Guide

January 06, 2024
Tags: Japan, guide, photography, preservation, castle

Finding City Guides

September 27, 2023
Tags: tokyo, city, guide, street scene, translation, Internet, travel

The Walleye Guide

February 10, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, guide, statue, preservation, fish

The Merchant's House

December 15, 2022
Tags: Egypt, guide, hotel, travel, port

Tour, Interrupted

August 19, 2022
Tags: Egypt, monastery, tourism, guide, europe, vacation, language

The Golden Man

January 27, 2022
Tags: expo, Central Asia, nation, symbols, archeology, clothing, guide
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The Places of Music

August 30, 2021
Tags: nashville, music, sacred space, place, tourism, guide
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The Signs of Leisure

June 10, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, sign, park, trail, guide
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The Ideal Tour

March 18, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, tourism, guide, sign, mounds, Native Americans
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The Site of a City

March 07, 2021
Tags: St Louis, Native Americans, mounds, city, grass, guide, tourism
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Animal Sightings

November 28, 2020
Tags: Senegal, animals, river, park, guide
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Guidebook as Imagined City

June 18, 2020
Tags: Egypt, city, imagination, guide, books
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