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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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Beginner's Mind

September 19, 2023
Tags: tokyo, Japan, travel, wisconsin, imagination, technology

The Busiest Pedestrian Crossing

September 19, 2023
Tags: tokyo, Japan, tourism, people

Dressing the Pilgrim Part

September 18, 2023
Tags: pilgrimage, Japan, religion, clothing

Following Kukai

September 18, 2023
Tags: Japan, pilgrimage, travel, statue

The Hands of a Pilgrim

September 16, 2023
Tags: Japan, pilgrimage, travel, modernity, buddhism, statue, body

Zenzai Doji, Seeker

September 16, 2023
Tags: Japan, museum, statue, travel, pilgrimage, buddhism

Distant Places

September 16, 2023
Tags: Japan, museum, art, imagination, travel

The Green Cross

August 01, 2023
Tags: christianity, environmentalism, nature, monastery

A Monastic Path into Nature

August 01, 2023
Tags: monastery, kentucky, attention, landscape, agriculture

Looking at the Floor

July 31, 2023
Tags: kentucky, church, floor, monastery, christianity, american culture, evangelicalism

Trinity Sunday

July 31, 2023
Tags: church, catholic, monastery, liturgy, worship, self, individualism

The Real Capital of the Country

July 25, 2023
Tags: kentucky, monastery, church, evangelicalism

The Kentucky Hills

July 25, 2023
Tags: kentucky, landscape, monastery, books

Visiting the Abbey

July 24, 2023
Tags: kentucky, church, monastery, cemetery, worship

Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani

July 24, 2023
Tags: kentucky, monastery, sign, tourism
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