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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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Measuring the Nile

December 14, 2024
Tags: cairo, water, river, medieval, quran

Place and a Flat Population

September 13, 2024
Tags: place, population, modernity, medieval, museum

A New Lost World

May 17, 2023
Tags: sign, creationism, story, medieval, museum

Dragons = Dinosaurs

May 17, 2023
Tags: kentucky, museum, sign, creationism, medieval

The Longueurs of Desert Travel

November 26, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, travel, medieval, road

Through the Desert with Shade

November 25, 2022
Tags: Egypt, road, travel, desert, transportation, books, medieval

Travel Insight

November 25, 2022
Tags: travel, books, experience, medieval

The Graffiti of Christianity

August 17, 2022
Tags: Egypt, graffiti, symbols, church, christianity, writing, medieval

Moving a Mountain

July 20, 2022
Tags: cairo, saint, story, medieval, church, mountains

What Was Sacrificed

June 21, 2022
Tags: cairo, ruins, preservation, power, medieval

Mosques and the Cityscape

June 18, 2022
Tags: cairo, islam, mosque, minaret, view, medieval, city

Shutting Down the Monasteries

June 15, 2022
Tags: england, monastery, church, medieval, architecture, tourism

Forms of Spiritual Resistance

June 15, 2022
Tags: england, christianity, church, design, stained glass, bible, medieval

For an Arabia of the Future

December 27, 2021
Tags: dubai, story, medieval, cairo, future, books
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Where the Lighthouse Stood

June 13, 2020
Tags: ruins, Egypt, lighthouse, fortress, medieval, Wonder of the World, imagination
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