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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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The Historic Hardware Company

February 07, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, business, museum, preservation, sign

Preserving Old Skidoos

February 05, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, museum, region, machines, history, innovation

What People Take Pride In

February 05, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, museum, sign, innovation, sacred space

In Praise of Mechanical Innovation

February 05, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, innovation, museum, machines

Leading the Way

February 05, 2023
Tags: museum, Northwoods, innovation, club, machines

The Claim to Fame

February 04, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, sign, museum, city

Getting to the Local Museums

February 04, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, sign, museum

Global Standard Experience

January 28, 2023
Tags: road, google earth, street scene, sign

Sign Choreography

January 28, 2023
Tags: road, sign, books, freeway

This Land Is Your Land

January 24, 2023
Tags: road, cars, identity, travel, united states, poetry

We Live in a Political World

January 24, 2023
Tags: road, sign, border, travel, nation

Choosing to Stop

January 23, 2023
Tags: road, sacred space, sign, google earth, infrastructure

An Argument for the Sacred

January 23, 2023
Tags: statue, sacred space, landscape, view

The Cross on the Hill

January 19, 2023
Tags: landscape, christianity, symbols, road, tree

Signing to the Interstate

January 16, 2023
Tags: sign, road, landscape, signs, google earth, church
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