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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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"Accessing a Luxury Lifestyle"

September 29, 2022
Tags: dubai, hotel, residences, luxury, wealth, mall, corporations, model

Business and Wonder

September 29, 2022
Tags: dubai, mall, sign, business, architecture

The View at the Palm

September 29, 2022
Tags: dubai, mall, view, skyscraper, skyline

A Word about the Setting

September 29, 2022
Tags: dubai, google earth, Internet, geoglyph, construction, islands, wealth

Leaving Quietly on a Bus

September 27, 2022
Tags: dubai, transportation, class, wealth, laborers, construction, globalization

Arriving in Luxury

September 27, 2022
Tags: dubai, hotel, wealth, luxury, cars, class

Looking Down on Work

September 27, 2022
Tags: dubai, laborers, work space, construction, hotel, wealth, luxury

The Reflections of Modern Buildings

September 27, 2022
Tags: dubai, architecture, modernity, material, tree, reflection

Photographing Wealth

September 25, 2022
Tags: dubai, hotel, wealth, photography, beach, history, class

Influencer Heaven

September 25, 2022
Tags: dubai, hotel, instagram, photography, city, skyline, beach

Two Global Populations

September 25, 2022
Tags: dubai, beach, city, skyscraper, laborers, class, globalization

The Travel Ideal

September 25, 2022
Tags: dubai, travel, hotel, beach, europe, tourism, food

Royal Parallels

September 24, 2022
Tags: dubai, wealth, luxury, Royal Family, power, painting

Royal Hideaway

September 24, 2022
Tags: dubai, hotel, statue, luxury, wealth

Seeing the Luxury Life

September 24, 2022
Tags: dubai, city, wealth, hotel, view, luxury, water
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