This all started in July when . . .

. . . . when Dr. S. called me a Knoxvillian. At the time, I had to grant her a temporary truth: I was an X-pat living in my first red state (when I lived in Ohio, it was *blue*). Most days, I found myself busy learning how political conservatism can't touch certain social conservatism, which seems to creep up on people like kudzu . . . . Now I find myself on the Left Coast, which just might prompt me to do something like post to this thing every now and again . . . .