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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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souvenirs

Aestheticization of the Past

March 23, 2024
Tags: aesthetic, religion, modernity, tourism, symbols, souvenirs, Japan

Global Mt Fuji

March 21, 2024
Tags: Japan, tourism, souvenirs, vending machine, globalization

Pilgrim Stamp Books

March 19, 2024
Tags: Japan, pilgrimage, books, souvenirs, sacred space, place

Remember the Mountain

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

Back to "I Think"

May 27, 2023
Tags: Darwin, icon, souvenirs, London

Again the Magic Lamp

October 20, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, souvenirs, islam

Mosque as Souvenir

October 19, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, souvenirs, images, architecture

Mall Islam

October 19, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, clothing, souvenirs, luxury, art, mall, consumerism, globalization

Suppressing the Self

June 16, 2022
Tags: england, pilgrimage, self, individualism, t-shirts, church, souvenirs, monastery

Old Friends on a Bench

May 26, 2022
Tags: jerusalem, judaism, symbols, clothing, street scene, souvenirs, Israel

Tchotchkes from Israel

May 26, 2022
Tags: jerusalem, souvenirs, symbols, nation, judaism, identity, tourism

The Stuff of the Expo

March 09, 2022
Tags: expo, souvenirs, things, books, chicago

Closing Books

March 09, 2022
Tags: expo, books, screens, photography, globalization, souvenirs

Locked in Tight

February 02, 2022
Tags: expo, souvenirs, future, globalization, planetary

Promoting DXB

January 10, 2022
Tags: dubai, souvenirs, shop, sign, architecture, sacred space
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