Author: dwiggins

This was my first time in Miami, so after settling into my hotel room, I took a walk to explore. The hotel turned out to be located in the town of Coral Gables, a satellite in the South Florida sprawl around the city of Miami.… Read the rest

After celebrating a friend?s 30th birthday with a weekend ski trip in Maine, I spent my New Year?s Eve packing for Nicaragua. (What better way to prep for a trip to the equator than by sliding down a snow-covered mountain?)

After a french toast breakfast with a few friends, I then headed for Logan, lugging my gear plus an extra suitcase filled to the brim with art supplies, books, photos, and various other materials destined for the SJDS Biblioteca Movil.… Read the rest

When you last heard about Nicaragua on this blog, Denise, Victoria, and I had just returned from a trip to the country in August.

Jane Mirandette at Simmons, October 2006.

Along with Hagar Shirman, I currently serve as co-chair of Simmons International Relations (SIR), a student group at GSLIS focused on international and multicultural librarianship.… Read the rest

We were told we should save some time on Friday afternoon for an event in the library ? some sort of sendoff. We had no idea what to expect, but at 2:00 the three of us showed up and were directed to chairs in the main activity area.… Read the rest

One of the few historical images we were able to locate of San Juan del Sur. This was one of two framed images that Jane had in her hotel. Provenance and date are unknown.… Read the rest

History lies buried just beneath the surface in San Juan del Sur. While new houses and condos for wealthy expatriates spring up on its borders, the town itself bears the scars of Nicaragua’s troubled history.

The nearly two decades of fighting ?… Read the rest