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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 Must See Mosque

June 20, 2022
Tags: cairo, mosque, icon, photography, tourism

New Wine in Old Wineskins

June 20, 2022
Tags: cairo, mosque, Ottomans, architecture, city, citadel

The Modern Priorities

June 18, 2022
Tags: cairo, river, modernity, hotel, nation, skyscraper, bridges, dam

The Currency of Mosques

June 18, 2022
Tags: cairo, money, mosque, symbols, nation

Mosques and the Cityscape

June 18, 2022
Tags: cairo, islam, mosque, minaret, view, medieval, city

Objects from a Whole

June 17, 2022
Tags: england, monastery, preservation, things, museum

Ruin Overview

June 17, 2022
Tags: england, ruins, sign, preservation, imagination, monastery, church

Lichen-Covered Stone

June 17, 2022
Tags: england, church, ruins, sign, preservation, imagination, monastery, missionary

Ruins of an Abbey

June 17, 2022
Tags: england, monastery, missionary, sacred space, christianity

Suppressing the Self

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

Reading the Rule

June 16, 2022
Tags: books, monastery, imagination, community

Henry VIII and Victoria

June 16, 2022
Tags: england, church, stained glass, politics, nation, christianity, monastery

Getting the Reading Done

June 16, 2022
Tags: england, monastery, books, classroom

Shutting Down the Monasteries

June 15, 2022
Tags: england, monastery, church, medieval, architecture, tourism

More than a Church

June 15, 2022
Tags: england, monastery, church, architecture
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