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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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Come to Me, All You Who Are Weary

July 18, 2022
Tags: cairo, statue, bible, Coptic, poverty, jesus, arabic

Showing Up for Church

July 08, 2022
Tags: cairo, Coptic, church, clothing

The Cave Church Complex

July 08, 2022
Tags: cairo, church, public art, statue, infrastructure, parking lot, monastery

Signs on High

July 07, 2022
Tags: cairo, Coptic, sign, residences, clothing, window, poverty

Walking to the Monastery

July 07, 2022
Tags: cairo, sacred space, symbols, trash, power, sign, Coptic, poverty

Where the Streets Smell of Trash

July 07, 2022
Tags: cairo, trash, street scene, recycling, health, poverty

The City of Garbage

July 07, 2022
Tags: cairo, trash, city, building, architecture, street scene

Something Ahead

July 06, 2022
Tags: cairo, street scene, taxi, city

Emptiness Behind

July 06, 2022
Tags: cairo, street scene, cars, transportation, modernity, taxi, tree, symbols

Cares of the State

June 22, 2022
Tags: cairo, mosque, nation, power, ancient Egypt

MIlitary Display

June 22, 2022
Tags: mosque, military, statue, cairo, museum

Remembering the Great Iwan

June 21, 2022
Tags: cairo, archeology, preservation, colonialism, ruins

What Was Sacrificed

June 21, 2022
Tags: cairo, ruins, preservation, power, medieval

Weathered Alabaster

June 21, 2022
Tags: cairo, mosque, material, architecture

Sightlines to the Pyramids

June 20, 2022
Tags: cairo, view, pyramid, mosque, nation, wedding, city
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