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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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A Reading of Yasujiro Ozu

January 16, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, film, ozu, city, business

What Would Hokusai Do?

January 15, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, design, modernism, city, road

Making Tokyo New

January 15, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, art, modernism, museum, public transportation, city

Restaurant Bus Meditation

January 15, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, business, modernity, film, restaurant, street scene

Looking for Japan

January 14, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, skyscraper, design, architecture, nation, modernism

Marking Lost Views

January 13, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, view, sign

Living Symbols

January 13, 2024
Tags: Japan, guide, nation, Royal Family

Bridge and Distant View

January 13, 2024
Tags: Japan, castle, view, art, hokusai, nature, nation, bridges, tokyo

Postcard Perfect Palace

January 11, 2024
Tags: Japan, palace, bridges, view, castle, history, tokyo

Absence at the Center

January 09, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, map, symbols, castle, city

The Empty Foundation

January 09, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, preservation, stone, foundations, castle

Dream of Rebuilding

January 07, 2024
Tags: Japan, preservation, tokyo, castle, ruins, images

Two Decade Castle

January 07, 2024
Tags: Japan, castle, preservation, model, tokyo, history

The True Work of a Guide

January 06, 2024
Tags: Japan, guide, photography, preservation, castle

Stone Walls of Edo

January 06, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, wall, stone, castle
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