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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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Golden Shrines

January 17, 2026
Tags: Egypt, museum, ancient Egypt, shrine, death, gold

Built for the War Dead

April 11, 2024
Tags: japan, statue, shrine, world war 2, memorial, view

Power Alignment

April 11, 2024
Tags: japan, view, TikTok, shrine, photography, nation, symbols

Localized Slowing Down

April 07, 2024
Tags: japan, shrine, sacred space, pilgrimage, travel, modernity

Mirror in Hand

April 07, 2024
Tags: japan, shinto, shrine, mythology, art

Sacred and Scenic

April 07, 2024
Tags: japan, shinto, shrine, sacred space, mountains, photography

Mountain Pilgrimage

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

The Boundary of Heaven and Earth

March 10, 2024
Tags: Japan, shrine, sacred space, shinto, symbols, mountains

Azaleas in Bloom

January 30, 2024
Tags: Japan, view, TikTok, Internet, shrine, shinto, flower, season, tokyo

The View is Everything

January 30, 2024
Tags: Japan, beauty, aesthetic, shrine, view, flower

Foxes Have Holes

January 28, 2024
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, animals, religion

The Foxes in the Shrine

January 28, 2024
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, animals, success

Picturesque Statues

January 27, 2024
Tags: shrine, New York, mary, money, capitalism, sacred space

Effects of Repetition

January 27, 2024
Tags: Japan, shrine, shinto, design

Bringing a Shrine into History

January 26, 2024
Tags: Japan, shrine, tokyo, city, sacred space
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