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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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Stone Walls of Edo

January 06, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, wall, stone, castle

How to Hajj

December 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, Mecca, mural, wall, house, ships, pilgrimage
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Aztalan as Colony

March 02, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, colonialism, Native Americans, wall, war
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Building a Wall

February 27, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, mounds, Native Americans, wall, city, war
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Stopping the Sea

November 27, 2020
Tags: Senegal, climate change, ocean, preservation, wall, city
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Covid-19 Signs

March 24, 2020
Tags: disease, wisconsin, sign, education, wall
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The Acropolis Village

March 07, 2020
Tags: Greece, Ottomans, village, parthenon, sculpture, street scene, wall, ruins, mosque, house
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The Counterimagination

January 10, 2018
Tags: american culture, Israel, Palestine, wall, public art, graffiti
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The Wall in Bethlehem

January 10, 2018
Tags: injustice, Palestine, Israel, wall, graffiti, border