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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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A Grand Wooden Shrine

December 18, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, sacred space, nation, people, material, world war 2

Keeping the Way Clean

December 15, 2023
Tags: Japan, trash, shrine, sacred space, identity

On Heartless Deeds

December 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, sacred space, security, graffiti, sign, tokyo

Chrysanthemums on the Torii

December 13, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, sacred space, nation, symbols, flower

Meiji Jingu

December 13, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, nation, memorial

Shinto + Modern

October 29, 2023
Tags: shinto, tokyo, Japan, modernism, architecture, skyscraper

Showing a Life

October 17, 2023
Tags: Japan, war, story, shrine, shinto

A Place for the Kami

October 17, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, sacred space, worship, tokyo

A Shrine for Victories

October 16, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, shinto, tokyo

Steps for Ritual Washing

October 15, 2023
Tags: Japan, shrine, shinto, sacred space, water, ritual

Songs of Ascent

October 15, 2023
Tags: Japan, shinto, shrine, garden, aesthetic

Japanese Flags

October 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, shrine, shinto, flag, symbols, war

Touch Screen Info

October 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, shrine, screens, war, language, shinto

Map of the Togo Shrine

October 14, 2023
Tags: sacred space, map, shrine, Japan, tokyo, shinto

The Seriousness of a Shrine

October 14, 2023
Tags: Japan, tokyo, religion, sacred space, design, war, shinto
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