Welcome!

Hi, all!

I've created this blog in order to stretch out my writing wings just a little bit. Instead of keeping my musings personal---where laziness prevails and words mingle but rarely seem to find themselves on paper---I'll post here, and hope that it encourages some discipline and helps strengthen my skill. My time here in NC has already proven to be intensely thoughtful, reflective and enlightening. It is joyous to be feeling like the people I'm meeting, the conversations I'm having and the experiences I'm living are significant and meaningful, and are unfolding with intentions rooted somewhere beneath me and above me and just beyond my absolute control. 

Outside of the soul-searching, sentimental junk, there's plenty to report on about my surroundings. From seersucker, cast-iron skillets, yes ma'mns and y'alls, I am constantly pursuing a deeper connection with The South. What makes a place Southern, outside of its geography? Why isn't Florida part of The South? Or is it? Why, I ask, are seersucker shorts allowed on grown men? How do you successfully cook eggs in a cast iron skillet? And how do heavier topics like race, religion and history relate to one another and come to make sense in a modern world?

I will not attempt to analyze on an intellectual level, change any opinions or make significant declarations. Instead, I will regurgitate unedited thoughts and discoveries as I have them. Sometimes they'll be funny, sometimes they'll be important to me emotionally, sometimes they'll be dumb. And sometimes, they might be offensive.

In any case, I hope you'll join me.

Here goes,

Katie