Farewell, California...

Back in June 2009, my husband, daughter, dog and I completed the Great Migration in reverse, leaving the San Francisco Bay Area for, of all places, Texas. Having lived in California for over a quarter-century, I never imagined that I would someday leave the adopted state I loved so dearly to head off for what I, like so many others, dismissed as flyover country. My hope is that this blog will prove a good forum for sorting out my feelings, reflections and experiences occasioned by my family's monumental geographic shift, and that in the course of writing it I might come to understand a bit more the role that place plays in my identity. Additionally, the blog should help me share these ideas with my friends and family and whoever else might happen upon this page and perhaps to hear their thoughts.