PinnedJim FonsecaA Little Academic HumorGo Among the Graduated and Rejoice·8 min read·Jun 15, 2021----
PinnedJim FonsecaGreat Translations: Terror in ArgentinaA Review of the novel 77 by Guillermo Saccomanno·5 min read·Sep 22, 2022--1--1
PinnedJim FonsecaThe One Minute Geographer: This Fragile Earth (14) The Earth’s ReliefElevation is called “relief” on a globe. We saw in earlier posts that the tallest mountain, however defined — Everest, Mauna Kea or…·3 min read·Mar 5, 2022--1--1
PinnedJim FonsecaSigns, Symbols and Stones: The Portuguese American Urban Ethnic Landscape #7Signage is one of the most obvious ways that a different culture presents itself in the American landscape.·7 min read·Jun 28, 2021----
PinnedJim FonsecaThe One Minute Geographer: Massachusetts (12): VacationlandSo, Massachusetts is a vacationland? Pick any topic of interest to tourists, and you will find dozens of sites. Massachusetts is a state…·5 min read·Aug 31, 2022--3--3
Jim FonsecaThe One Minute Geographer: Where is the Most Complex Highway Interchange in the United States?I’ll tell you right at the beginning: I’m not going to attempt to answer that question in the title of this post·7 min read·May 27, 2024--10--10
Jim FonsecaThe One Minute Geographer: Denser and DenserAnother aspect US population growth between 2010 and 2020 is that the most densely populated states are getting denser — even though most…·4 min read·Apr 25, 2024--4--4
Jim FonsecainILLUMINATION-CuratedThe One Minute Geographer: Two Islands, Two Different WorldsIsle Royale and Drummond Island are both in northern Michigan but they are on different lakes and they are different worlds. Isle Royale…·5 min read·Apr 21, 2024--3--3
Jim FonsecaThe One Minute Geographer: And the Biggest City is…?Three guys in a bar are arguing over what is the biggest city in Ohio. Which of the three ‘Big Cs’ is it — Cincinnati, Cleveland or…·4 min read·Apr 19, 2024--4--4
Jim FonsecaThe One Minute Geographer: All About Rhode IslandRhode Island: The smallest state in area and maybe the ‘bluest’ state? Here are a series of five short posts that I’ve organized in…·3 min read·Apr 18, 2024--1--1