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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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Faith that Right Makes Might

July 02, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, statue, Abraham LIncoln, university, politics
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The Placement of Civic Art

June 30, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, statue, public art, community, story, city
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Lincoln Looking Out

June 30, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, democracy, Abraham LIncoln, statue, race, protest, social justice, story, university
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Story Spaces

June 29, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, university, story, observatory, identity, stone
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An Unexpected Problem

June 29, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, plaques, memorial, geology, science, race, story, social justice
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A Glacial Erratic

June 29, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, geology, stone, monunent, science, university
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Preserving a View

June 28, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, lake, view, mounds, parking lot, preservation
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The Relic Observatory

June 28, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, observatory, university, Native Americans, geology, relic
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"Forward" and the Mounds

June 28, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, mounds, Native Americans, grass, university, observatory
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The Narrative of Forward

June 27, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, sign, story, politics, university
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Keeping Calm and #BuckyStrong

June 27, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, university, covid19, sign, humor
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Madison Panorama

June 26, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, city, capitol, university, landscape
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Sacred Spring

June 25, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, water, sacred space, bible, arboretum, mounds, geology
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Please Stay Off

June 24, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, arboretum, university, landscape, grass, Native Americans, forest, mounds, sign, sacred space
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What I Saw in the Woods

June 24, 2021
Tags: wisconsin, forest, tree, mounds, Native Americans, landscape, trail
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