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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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japan

Floating World Japan

April 25, 2024
Tags: japan, images, tokyo, kyoto, manga, art

Tattooed Us

April 23, 2024
Tags: japan, wisconsin, tattoo, people, individualism, american culture

Walking the State Fair

April 18, 2024
Tags: japan, county fair, food, diversity, people, wisconsin, crowds

Would That Everyone Was a Travel Writer

April 18, 2024
Tags: japan, travel, wisconsin, city, city council, american culture, instagram

The Distant View

April 16, 2024
Tags: japan, museum, art, view, mountains

Passing City Views

April 14, 2024
Tags: japan, city, tokyo, sign, view

Nothing to See Here

April 14, 2024
Tags: japan, freeway, view, city

Built for the War Dead

April 11, 2024
Tags: japan, statue, shrine, world war 2, memorial, view

Power Alignment

April 11, 2024
Tags: japan, view, TikTok, shrine, photography, nation, symbols

Always With Others

April 09, 2024
Tags: japan, view, photography, tourism, experience

Our At-Last View

April 09, 2024
Tags: japan, mountains, travel, photography, view, body

Localized Slowing Down

April 07, 2024
Tags: japan, shrine, sacred space, pilgrimage, travel, modernity

Mirror in Hand

April 07, 2024
Tags: japan, shinto, shrine, mythology, art

Sacred and Scenic

April 07, 2024
Tags: japan, shinto, shrine, sacred space, mountains, photography

Standalone Quality

April 06, 2024
Tags: japan, hotel, view, mountains, recreation
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