Howdy. I’m Elizabeth, a writing, editing, food-loving, sometimes-running, always-pondering, Survivor-watching, list-making jane-of-all-trades.
Here at Texas Schmexas, I write mostly about community.
I’ve been thinking about it a lot for the last, oh, seven years or so. We moved across the country to Texas in 2004 and, for four years, I refused to admit I was putting down roots until suddenly I had to yank them up. In the hot summer of 2008, I found myself transplanted to a small town in the middle of America, longing for a community I didn’t even know I had when I had it.
And now for three years, I’ve been trying to nail down this thing called “community,” wondering what it is, what it isn’t, and what it can look like.
As I’ve been on this hunt for community, I’ve found glimpses of it in some unexpected places. Texas Schmexas is an attempt to try to document it–not because it will change the world, but because it might change me. Maybe I’ll start to see the potential for community all around me, even in my little town.
Maybe you will, too.
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I know lots of folks these days are thinking and talking and writing about community, why it’s important, and why we crave it. I’d love to hear your thoughts, feedback, ramblings, etc.
Feel free to shoot me a note here:
schmexas (at) gmail (.) com
