Mark drew this map last year for his annual Christmas letter. It shows where his three children have settled as they follow education and career opportunities far from the comforts of home in Michigan. He writes, “the question mark in Austin was based on our youngest daughter’ s plans following college graduation this past spring […]
Courtney sent this Post-It drawn by a colleague to document Courtney’s wanderlust during the month of September. Having finished working on an opera in Santa Fe, she traveled home to Michigan, took a family trip to New York then Boston, visited friends in Seattle and Houston, and finished up the month with a move !! […]
Brittany explains, “this is a map of flight patterns that enabled my partner and I to be together throughout 2006 – 2008. These are various flights we had to take alone, to one another’s respective locations. We’re finally in the same place permanently and only fly together.”
From April 1 to April 9, 2000 the World Curling Championships were held at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Kristofer Harzinski traveled to Scotland with his father, Terry, who was promoting the 2002 World Curling Championships which would be held in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA. Kristofer spent most of his time exploring Glasgow rather […]
Jean shared with us some maps of the United States drawn by her son Hunter when he was in second grade. The first map highlights Hunter’s home state of Iowa with a large smile. We’re not sure if he is aware that his state slogan used to be “You Make Me Smile” until it was […]
Allison Lacher, a good friend of the HDMA and professor at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois sent us a bunch of maps she had her students draw. This is one of our favorites: a map drawn by Hannah to document Conan O’Brien’s recent live tour. Hannah admits, “The map represents the somewhat stalker-like love that […]