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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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martyrdom

Making Hope Visible

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, martyrdom, death, church, statue

Keeping in Mind the Martyrs

December 28, 2025
Tags: Egypt, saint, art, story, martyrdom, church, Coptic

"ISIS Saw Strange Figures"

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, film, martyrdom, Coptic, terrorists

A Church Founded on Martyrs

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, sign, calendar, martyrdom

Relics of Martyrdom

December 27, 2025
Tags: Egypt, relic, martyrdom, things, money, church

The +1 Martyr

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, martyrdom, laborers, migration, africa

Collective Martyrs

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, church, martyrdom, statue, jesus, saint

Murders Viewed around the World

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, terrorists, martyrdom, television