PinnedJim FonsecaGreat Translations: Terror in ArgentinaA Review of the novel 77 by Guillermo SaccomannoSep 22, 20221Sep 22, 20221
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…Mar 5, 20221Mar 5, 20221
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.Jun 28, 20211Jun 28, 20211
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…Aug 31, 20223Aug 31, 20223
Jim FonsecainThe Quantastic JournalThe One-Minute Geographer: In Search of Latin AmericaDo we really know what Latin America is, and is it a proper phrase to use? When I was a geography student eons ago, I took a course called…2d ago52d ago5
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Jim FonsecaGreat Translations: Sans Moi by Marie DesplechinA young single mom hires a 23-year-old prostitute (supposedly ex-) and drug user (supposedly ex-) to be her kids’ babysitter. In the first…Jun 294Jun 294
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 postMay 2713May 2713