Why we're here

If you’ve stumbled upon this weblog and found it enjoyable but curious, or wondered – perhaps indignantly – what it’s doing here, like someone finding the tusk of a wooly mammoth in the middle of a city park, the answer quite simply is that it’s a running diary of a young couple who has just moved to Hattiesburg, Mississippi and wish to record and share their experiences in this new and interesting habitation. That, I think, is as sound a reason for blogging as any that I have found navigating the various straits and narrows of the web.

Along the way, you will undoubtedly find tales of interesting people and places, as well as jottings about various recipes, wild animals, and gardening tidbits. Anything that fleshes out just a little the kind of place this is. Given that we are both interested in literature, undoubtedly there will be a Faulkner or Welty post or two.

Oh, and one other thing. One half of this couple – the one that’s writing this – has never lived farther south than the Michigan-Indiana border, while the other has lived fourteen years in North Carolina and another four years in Virginia. So, it’s little wonder that person B cries excitedly at finding hushpuppies at a local eatery, while person A wonders what the fuss is because they look like golf balls dipped in batter. This difference in perspective will certainly be reflected in the tone of the posts.

All right then.