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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:

dantebio.jpg taiwan.jpg layli.jpg dantepoet.jpg vitadante.jpg bernard.jpeg education.jpg

world war 2

Moomin at 80

February 14, 2026
Tags: finland, comic, world war 2, business

War Dead + Bible

February 12, 2026
Tags: finland, plaques, world war 2, bible, nation

Built for the War Dead

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

Wood and Empire

December 18, 2023
Tags: Japan, material, nation, world war 2, shrine

A Grand Wooden Shrine

December 18, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, sacred space, nation, people, material, world war 2
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Classic Memorial Language

July 13, 2019
Tags: Ohio, Wright Brothers, airplane, innovation, nation, language, memorial, world war 2