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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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Signs Along the Way

July 28, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, sign, christianity, spirituality

The Way Up

July 27, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, saint, relic, trail, sign

Desert Security

July 27, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, monastery, security, military

Tending a Garden

July 27, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, garden, home, monastery, community, bible

Denying the Desert

July 26, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, road, development

A Roadside Mosque

July 25, 2022
Tags: Egypt, design, mosque, road, infrastructure, symbols, nation, islam, arabic

In the Desert Lagoon

July 25, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, gas station, nature, cars, road

Circle K in Egypt

July 25, 2022
Tags: Egypt, business, globalization, language, fast-food, food, corporations, sign

The Chillout

July 25, 2022
Tags: Egypt, infrastructure, road, gas station, cars, desert

Fast Train Coming

July 24, 2022
Tags: Egypt, transportation, construction, desert, sign, railway

Soon

July 24, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, road, sign, development

The Waste in Wasteland

July 24, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, development, construction, nature, preservation, ecology

The Monastery of St. Anthony

July 24, 2022
Tags: monastery, Coptic, Egypt, desert, saint

Hope in English

July 23, 2022
Tags: cairo, Coptic, bible, identity, language, cave, church

Paper in the Wind

July 22, 2022
Tags: cairo, church, sculpture, painting, bible, Coptic
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