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Travel writing about places near and far, mixing on-site photography with scholarly reflection
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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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Help Me With This

July 31, 2022
Tags: Egypt, monastery, technology, Internet, computers

A Previous Visit

July 31, 2022
Tags: Egypt, monastery, saint, friendship, travel, painting

Tossed Plastic

July 31, 2022
Tags: Egypt, sacred space, desert, water, trash, messy, environmentalism, saint

Connected to the World

July 31, 2022
Tags: Egypt, dubai, cell phone, Internet, globalization, christianity

Following the Words of Jesus

July 30, 2022
Tags: Egypt, saint, desert, jesus, sign, arabic, Coptic, bible

The Cross Over the Desert

July 30, 2022
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, desert, power, jesus, cairo, view

Heavenly Aid

July 30, 2022
Tags: Egypt, icon, prayer, sacred space, saint, cave

What I Saw Inside

July 30, 2022
Tags: Egypt, icon, relic, cave, preservation, history, saint

Stay in Your Cell

July 29, 2022
Tags: Egypt, cave, desert, christianity, spirituality, relic

Arriving at the Cave

July 29, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, cave, relic, graffiti, saint

Why So Far?

July 29, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, saint, christianity

Stopping Before the End

July 29, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, pilgrimage, chapel, prayer, experience

Forgetting the Steps

July 28, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, sign, pilgrimage, sacred space, spirituality, monastery

The Virtue in Looking Back

July 28, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, monastery, pilgrimage, experience, view, spirituality

Rocks and Crosses

July 28, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, christianity, sacred space, pilgrimage, symbols, spirituality
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