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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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minnesota

Apple in the Mall of America

July 28, 2020
Tags: minnesota, mall, corporations, identity, screens
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Sentimental Claims

June 26, 2020
Tags: minnesota, home, celebrity, museum, festival, self
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Losing Judy

June 26, 2020
Tags: museum, minnesota, film, transportation, relic, celebrity
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How to Lie with a Museum

June 25, 2020
Tags: house, museum, minnesota
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House on the Highway

June 25, 2020
Tags: house, minnesota, freeway, road, business, relic, museum
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Always on Stage

June 24, 2020
Tags: museum, minnesota, home, house, interior scene, photography, performance
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Somewhere

June 24, 2020
Tags: minnesota, film, celebrity, house, museum, sign
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Carnivals Out West

June 21, 2020
Tags: home, minnesota, American West, travel
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Visiting Homes

June 20, 2020
Tags: house, home, minnesota, american culture, tourism, preservation, neighborhoods, website
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Dizzied by the Mine

June 20, 2020
Tags: minnesota, mines, national parks, landscape, industrialism, home
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The Pit on the Edge of Town

June 20, 2020
Tags: minnesota, mines, american culture, industrialism, business, city, google earth
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Main Street in Hibbing

June 18, 2020
Tags: city, minnesota, hotel, street scene, judaism, american culture, home