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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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power

Ramses at the Train Station

January 10, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, statue, city, cairo, power, Egypt

Power Move

November 27, 2024
Tags: cairo, museum, statue, power

Order to the Desert

November 25, 2024
Tags: museum, ancient Egypt, power, art, desert

Ditching Complexity

November 25, 2024
Tags: cairo, ancient Egypt, military, public art, power

Writing the Square

November 05, 2024
Tags: cairo, memorial, memory, history, protest, nation, power

The Trap of Bigness

September 10, 2024
Tags: Egypt, nation, power, church, Coptic

Watch the Throne

August 05, 2024
Tags: Egypt, power, cairo, mosque, design, quran, arabic, worship

New City Gates

August 02, 2024
Tags: cairo, construction, gate, street scene, cars, city, Egypt, nation, power

The Era of Hosni Mubarak

July 12, 2024
Tags: Egypt, power, aesthetic, sign, architecture

Ancient Remains

June 16, 2023
Tags: museum, history, design, power

21st Century Power

October 26, 2022
Tags: dubai, power, statue, museum, iraq

Royal Parallels

September 24, 2022
Tags: dubai, wealth, luxury, Royal Family, power, painting

Language of a State

September 10, 2022
Tags: cairo, nation, symbols, power, birds, tourism, architecture

The Cross Over the Desert

July 30, 2022
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, desert, power, jesus, cairo, view

Walking to the Monastery

July 07, 2022
Tags: cairo, sacred space, symbols, trash, power, sign, Coptic, poverty
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