Introductory Blog

This is the first post on the new blog from the Coelacanth. My good friend Joe Kimbuck has been after me to start a blog called "Tales From the Cave" almost since I've known him, so here goes. I don't know what to write about, but he says he'll read anything I write, and that anyone else will, too. Judging by some of the other stuff I've seen on here, randomly sampling blogs, I don't seem to have anything less to say than anybody else does.

I haven't put anything on the profile, because I thought it would be better to reveal myself as I went along. A little bit of background information: I am a single woman, born in the 1950's. I live in the Deep South now, but I was born in Quincy, Illinois, on the banks of the Mississippi River. This is important to me, because, just as the Father of Waters gathers the rain from the surface of the entire country, I feel a connection to all of America. It is as if the history of the land and all of the people were soaked through the earth along with the water, and brought along the tributaries like blood to the heart of the country. I don't know if this is cause and effect or just coincidence, but I think that my birth across the river from the hometown of Mark Twain is appropriate.

I intend to write more about my immigrant ancestors in the future, and my take on history, among many other things. I will try to keep it civil and literate. I encourage anyone out there to let me know if you are reading this, and to respond, and to please keep it civil and literate as well.