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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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The Final Frontier

January 02, 2022
Tags: dubai, space exploration, screens, business, globalization, future

Buildings as Sermons

January 02, 2022
Tags: dubai, fundamentalism, architecture, sign, clothing, modernity, development

Another Portrait of a Sheikh

January 01, 2022
Tags: dubai, politics, freeway, images, nation, symbols

Looking Down

January 01, 2022
Tags: dubai, view, monunent, city, development

The Other Side

January 01, 2022
Tags: dubai, view, skyline, development, story, monunent

Skyline Newcomer

January 01, 2022
Tags: dubai, skyline, city, architecture, development, skyscraper

What Do You Do in a Frame?

December 31, 2021
Tags: dubai, architecture, photography, cell phone, technology, design, selfie

Inside the Frame

December 31, 2021
Tags: dubai, architecture, design, globalization, photography, tourism, politics, development

Old Dubai

December 31, 2021
Tags: dubai, museum, history, relic, water, religion

Starting with Sand

December 31, 2021
Tags: dubai, sand, history, story, nature, development

Walkways to the Frame

December 30, 2021
Tags: dubai, space, monunent, expo, sign, park, photography

Democratic Spaces

December 30, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, space, democracy, grass, messy, american culture

Siting Monuments

December 30, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, landscape, river, Native Americans, American West

Building Meaning

December 30, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, national parks, interpretation, united states, nation, American West, story

...or the Arch

December 29, 2021
Tags: St Louis, monunent, arch, architecture, material
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