How do you do?

It occurred to me to blog when I started commuting.

I'm a country girl originally and never wished to be more until I visited my cousin's college in the Empire State Building. I only dimly knew what business casual meant then and I was shrinking in my chair at the college president's dare to "embrace the difficult life." But I knew I was encountering something unique in education, and decided to go.

I graduated from The King's College in May of 2011 with a fascinating degree in Politics, Philosophy, & Economics (PP&E), and moved to Brooklyn to be near my fiance, a King's grad whom I married in July. We've been happy to stay city mice so far. I got a communications job at a conservative education and lobbying organization in New Jersey, whose offices are about a third of the way to Pennsylvania. Although I arranged to work from home two days a week, the commute was and remains a beast, a full 2.5 hours one way. Notwithstanding ample time to read, sleep, and call my mom, my head was still fidgety with thoughts about public life, social trends, and things I wished to say.

Hence this page, and its name: I fiddled on the trains.

I'm also still a country girl at heart and deeply appreciative of beauty and everyday meaning. So I'll be commenting on lighter and homelier subjects too...perhaps even primarily. Half the point is to discover where this leads. But, not to wander into meta-speech.

Welcome aboard.