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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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Winter 2026:

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Keeping in Mind the Martyrs

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

Presenting the Martyrs

December 26, 2025
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, relic, saint

Collective Martyrs

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

Relics of St George the Martyr

September 12, 2024
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, church, relic, sacred space, saint

Modeling Ossernenon

January 15, 2023
Tags: Native Americans, catholic, missionary, model, museum, village, saint

Shrine at the Center

September 15, 2022
Tags: Egypt, islam, shrine, saint, mosque

Building and Rebuilding

September 15, 2022
Tags: Egypt, architecture, mosque, saint, construction

Desert Succession

August 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, painting, saint, church, Coptic, desert

Victorious in Defeat

August 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, saint, painting, church, Coptic

Showing the Work

August 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, preservation, painting, saint, church, Coptic

Triumphant Martyrs

August 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, painting, saint, church, monastery

Photoshopped Icons

August 01, 2022
Tags: Egypt, saint, icon, monastery, photoshop, technology, painting

A Previous Visit

July 31, 2022
Tags: Egypt, monastery, saint, friendship, travel, painting

Tossed Plastic

July 31, 2022
Tags: Egypt, sacred space, desert, water, trash, messy, environmentalism, saint

Following the Words of Jesus

July 30, 2022
Tags: Egypt, saint, desert, jesus, sign, arabic, Coptic, bible
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