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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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Heritage Traces

August 16, 2025
Tags: Texas, parking lot, street scene, sign, corporations, identity, city, suburb

Extending Hope

August 16, 2025
Tags: Texas, church, modernity, road, warehouse

Still in Waco

August 16, 2025
Tags: Texas, markets, design, church, sports

Magnolia Magic Words

August 16, 2025
Tags: Texas, design, words, sign, home, family, television

Gather and Fellowship

August 15, 2025
Tags: Texas, church, words, interior scene, chairs

Help Me in My Weakness

August 15, 2025
Tags: Texas, church, worship, sermon, bible

Church on the Freeway

August 15, 2025
Tags: Texas, church, freeway, cars, spirituality

The Heart of Blankness

August 14, 2025
Tags: Texas, warehouse, modernity, transportation

"We Cover Loads When Others Cannot"

August 14, 2025
Tags: Texas, warehouse, corporations, transportation, parking lot, grass, brands

Photographing an Interchange

August 13, 2025
Tags: Texas, freeway, road, photography, modernity

The Faltering Story

August 13, 2025
Tags: Texas, freeway, google earth, warehouse, story

The John Wayne Experience

August 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, American West, film, mythology, celebrity, museum

The Cattle Drive for Tourists

August 12, 2025
Tags: Texas, tourism, animals, ritual, history, railway, American West

Where the West Begins

August 09, 2025
Tags: Texas, American West, identity, horses, painting

There Will Be Art

August 09, 2025
Tags: Texas, museum, art, American West, oil, collection
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