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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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Paradise is Green and Gold

October 14, 2022
Tags: syria, damascus, mosque, mosaic, nature, islam, architecture, identity

As It Always Was?

October 14, 2022
Tags: syria, mosque, mosaic, photography, islam, history, design

Worship in the Time of Climate Change

October 13, 2022
Tags: dubai, climate change, nature, design, mosque, islam

Control and Freedom

October 13, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, wealth, design, nature, nation, symbols, surveillance

New Mosque Directions

October 13, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, nation, identity, tourism, instagram, sign, design

Palm Capitals

October 13, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, architecture, design, tree, symbols, nation

Actual Iznik

October 13, 2022
Tags: dubai, Ottomans, tile, design, mosque, clothing, flower, istanbul

Casual Iznik

October 11, 2022
Tags: dubai, Ottomans, tile, design, architecture

Closer Look at a Flower

October 10, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosaic, flower, material, wealth, Internet, computers, architecture

A Marble Mosaic

October 10, 2022
Tags: dubai, material, mosaic, mosque, wealth, google earth

The Mosque from Above

October 09, 2022
Tags: dubai, google earth, Internet, design, garden, mosaic, architecture, mosque

Reading the Design

October 09, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, design, architecture, wealth, globalization, nation

Meant to Be Seen

October 09, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, tourism, wealth, islam

It's All Too Much

October 09, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, architecture, design

The Escalator at the End

October 08, 2022
Tags: dubai, mosque, tourism, globalization, space, experience, travel, clothing
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