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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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Garden in the Desert

August 20, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, garden, monastery

Pray for Ukraine

August 19, 2022
Tags: Egypt, war, prayer, monastery, clothing

Tour, Interrupted

August 19, 2022
Tags: Egypt, monastery, tourism, guide, europe, vacation, language

As It Is in Heaven

August 19, 2022
Tags: Egypt, church, painting, Coptic, jesus, mary, monastery

Ancient Image of Christ

August 19, 2022
Tags: Egypt, church, christianity, jesus, Byzantine, architecture, painting

The Graffiti of Christianity

August 17, 2022
Tags: Egypt, graffiti, symbols, church, christianity, writing, medieval

Your Name Here

August 17, 2022
Tags: Egypt, graffiti, church, Coptic, monastery

Desert Succession

August 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, painting, saint, church, Coptic, desert

Victorious in Defeat

August 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, saint, painting, church, Coptic

Showing the Work

August 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, preservation, painting, saint, church, Coptic

Triumphant Martyrs

August 16, 2022
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, painting, saint, church, monastery

Water in the Desert

August 15, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, water, monastery

Finding the Spring

August 15, 2022
Tags: Egypt, desert, monastery, water

The Tallest Palm Tree

August 01, 2022
Tags: Egypt, Coptic, cell phone, technology, spirituality, nation, tree, desert

Photoshopped Icons

August 01, 2022
Tags: Egypt, saint, icon, monastery, photoshop, technology, painting
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