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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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Absurd Dream #1

December 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, photography, development, advertisement

Starter Dreams

December 09, 2024
Tags: cairo, house, suburb, wealth

In Dreams Begin More Dreams

December 08, 2024
Tags: cairo, wealth, design, development

Dreamland Next Door

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, Egypt, development, desert, aesthetic

Fragment of a Parking Lot

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, parking lot, modernity, water, surveillance

Universal Arches and Pandas

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, city, mall, fast-food, modernity

More Mahfouz

December 07, 2024
Tags: cairo, novel, bookstore, books, mall, modernity

Modern Edge

December 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, mall, globalization, business, individualism

No Mall Photos

December 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, mall, success, people, photography

Mall of Egypt

December 06, 2024
Tags: cairo, mall, development, dubai

West Same as the East

December 04, 2024
Tags: cairo, development, residences, sign, Egypt

Mixed Experience

December 04, 2024
Tags: Egypt, travel, pyramid, modernity

The Aimlessness of Egypt

December 03, 2024
Tags: cairo, desert, development, motorcycle, Egypt

Tech Elsewhere

December 02, 2024
Tags: seattle, Egypt, technology, city

The Smart Village

December 02, 2024
Tags: cairo, technology, corporations, development
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