America is a land of immigrants. Everyone in the United States can trace their origins to another land. Even Native Americans aren’t true natives of the continent. To be fair recent research suggests their ancestors arrived in western Alaska as early as 32,000 years ago. Newcomers continued to arrive for… Read more“Map Monday, Country of origin for US immigrants”
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Map Monday, Alternate Maps of the US & North America
People have always been fascinated by alternate realities, what ifs, and their hypothetical repercussions. Whether it’s as mundane as what if Billy Buckner hadn’t booted that ball in the 10th or as complicated (and unlikely) as the Confederacy winning the US Civil War. There seems to be an endless appetite… Read more“Map Monday, Alternate Maps of the US & North America”
Map Monday, The Migration of Monarch Butterflies
As long-time readers of this blog may recall, Monarch butterflies and their migration have always fascinated me. I even worked them into my YA fantasy series Misaligned, which I featured in an earlier blog post. Despite all of their wonderful attributes Monarchs cannot survive cold winters. Their solution is to… Read more“Map Monday, The Migration of Monarch Butterflies”