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What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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War Dead + Bible

February 12, 2026
Tags: finland, plaques, world war 2, bible, nation

The Authority of Luther

February 09, 2026
Tags: finland, statue, church, Lutheran

Holding the Lutheran Eye

February 08, 2026
Tags: finland, church, Lutheran, painting, architecture

The Great White Helsinki Cathedral

February 08, 2026
Tags: finland, church, Orthodox, 19th century, architecture

Keeping a Statue Modern

February 08, 2026
Tags: finland, statue, selfie, city

Coming into Helsinki

February 08, 2026
Tags: finland, transportation, tech, industrialism

The New Wonder

January 17, 2026
Tags: Egypt, museum, sign

The Gentle Golden Throne

January 17, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum

Egypt's Mona Lisa

January 17, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum, art, tourism, selfie

Snapping Photos of King Tut

January 17, 2026
Tags: Egypt, ancient Egypt, museum, tourism, photography

Golden Shrines

January 17, 2026
Tags: Egypt, museum, ancient Egypt, shrine, death, gold

Back in the Old Egyptian Museum

January 11, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum, books, graphic text

Books of the Afterlife

January 11, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum, books, death

Limestone Steles from Abydos

January 11, 2026
Tags: ancient Egypt, museum, history

Objects in Grand Galleries

January 10, 2026
Tags: museum, ancient Egypt, design
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