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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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Worker Dorms

September 01, 2024
Tags: cairo, work space, laborers, residences, city, dubai, class

Stop, Refresh!

August 31, 2024
Tags: Egypt, gas station, food, brands, language, interior scene

Finding a Rest Stop

August 31, 2024
Tags: cairo, travel, gas station, directions, work space

A New Surrealism

August 30, 2024
Tags: cairo, skyscraper, Egypt, art, surrealism, city, design

I ❤️ the New Capital

August 30, 2024
Tags: cairo, construction, skyscraper, sign, nation, Egypt

The Scene Two Years Earlier

August 30, 2024
Tags: cairo, construction, skyscraper, desert, travel

Modernity as Ghost Town

August 30, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, modernity, skyscraper, construction

Heading to the Icon

August 29, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, nation, skyscraper, city

Pre-Dreaming the Water

August 29, 2024
Tags: cairo, sign, technology, dream, desert, development

Cairo Flight

August 29, 2024
Tags: cairo, advertisement, water, residences, city

Water Profligacy

August 27, 2024
Tags: Egypt, water, development, park, tree

Snake in the Sand

August 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, development, google earth, river, park, mosque, city

Come on Home to Green River

August 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, river, water, development, park, mosque

Greening the Desert

August 06, 2024
Tags: Egypt, nation, ecology, plants, Israel, cairo, water

Mosques and People Moving

August 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, mosque, islam, worship, parking lot
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