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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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Stone and National Ideals

February 15, 2026
Tags: finland, nation, stone, house, vacation

Refrigerator Faith

September 27, 2025
Tags: house, bible, appliance, sign, evangelicalism

The Jesus Illusion

September 27, 2025
Tags: house, decoration, words, evangelicalism, jesus

The Bare Magnolia

September 13, 2025
Tags: Texas, tree, google earth, house

The Backyard Garden

September 13, 2025
Tags: Texas, garden, soil, house

Painted Memory of a Tree

September 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, tree, painting, house, memory

Not Quite a Castle

September 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, personal, suburb, house

Castles in Texas

September 11, 2025
Tags: Texas, house, Christmas, private space

Don't Fence Me In

September 08, 2025
Tags: Texas, street scene, house, fence, private space

Suburban Activity Zones

September 07, 2025
Tags: Texas, park, exercise, house, neighborhoods

Finding the Aesthetic

August 27, 2025
Tags: Texas, suburb, house, photography

On the Beach

August 27, 2025
Tags: Texas, suburb, house, photography, neighborhoods

Starter Dreams

December 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, house, suburb, wealth

Not Hindu Art

July 21, 2024
Tags: cairo, colonialism, design, house, architecture, hinduism

The Story of Heliopolis

July 18, 2024
Tags: cairo, house, stone, luxury, museum, story
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