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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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No Staging Ground

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, class, city, building, poverty

Further into Cairo

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, street scene, people, city, markets

Living on Memory

November 15, 2024
Tags: cairo, books, memory, photography

Cairo Inside Out

November 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, books, photography, place, city

The Cultural Salon

November 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, restaurant, novel, Egypt, Nobel Prize

The Vantage of a Cold Beer

November 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, history, restaurant, memory

Cafe Riche

November 13, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, restaurant, alcohol, memory

Bookstore on the Square

November 12, 2024
Tags: cairo, bookstore, books, city, business

Talaat Harb Square

November 12, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, street scene, statue, business, nation

Paris on the Nile

November 12, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, google earth, Paris, 19th century

Other Green Spaces

November 11, 2024
Tags: cairo, park, tree, street scene, city, Egypt

The People of Cairo

November 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, people, street scene, Egypt, city, river

Returns to Memory

November 10, 2024
Tags: cairo, personal, university, education, war

Once upon an Oasis

November 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, university, city, personal

Surviving Protest Mural

November 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, mural, graffiti, city, protest
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