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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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mountains

The Distant View

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

Our At-Last View

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

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

Modeling the Mountain

April 03, 2024
Tags: japan, mountains, mythology, tourism, park, view, model

The Infinitely Absorbing

March 28, 2024
Tags: japan, view, mountains, poetry

Summer Mountain View

March 26, 2024
Tags: japan, mountains, tourism, view

The Money View of Mt Fuji

March 26, 2024
Tags: japan, money, view, mountains, spirituality

Following Well-Worn Trails

March 22, 2024
Tags: Japan, tourism, TikTok, mountains, globalization

Remember the Mountain

March 19, 2024
Tags: Japan, souvenirs, mountains, place

Modernity of the Cute

March 19, 2024
Tags: Japan, aesthetic, science, sign, design, mountains, modernity

Tourist Jaunts, Pilgrim Discipline

March 15, 2024
Tags: Japan, pilgrimage, tourism, mountains, spirituality, photography

Mountain Pilgrimage

March 15, 2024
Tags: Japan, mountains, sacred space, nature, pilgrimage, shrine, shinto, buddhism

One View of Mt Fuji

March 14, 2024
Tags: Japan, mountains, nature, art, hokusai, ocean

Mountain Goblins

March 14, 2024
Tags: Japan, shinto, mountains, folk religion, ritual, monster, tourism
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