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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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historical society

Labels and Connection

February 24, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, museum, historical society, forest, resort, logging

The Local History Places

February 19, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, museum, story, historical society
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The Work of a Marker

June 18, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, mounds, sign, preservation, historical society, birds
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The Web of Historical Markers

April 29, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, sign, historical society, city, history, river, travel
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Stopping to Read

March 11, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, sign, mounds, historical society, Native Americans, grass
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Arriving at Aztalan

February 25, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, mounds, sign, historical society, plaques, park
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Home and a Bookcase

July 10, 2020
Tags: books, wisconsin, historical society, relic, 19th century, home
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Green Freetown

April 15, 2020
Tags: Sierra Leone, museum, history, historical society, nature, photography
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Lost Landscapes

December 03, 2017
Tags: mormons, Great Lakes, history, building, historical society, museum