My name is Elle. I am from Phoenix, but after 30 solid years of learning how the world works my new husband moved me to "the South". Now I have no idea how anything works, and when confronted with my MANY idiosyncrasies in relation to southern culture I usually bust out with "I'm from the desert!" I've now been here six years, and I have come to understand that I will always be DesertGirl. We're not talking about just the fact that my straight hair will hereafter have funky humidity waves and fly-aways. The differences in Western versus Southern culture weave a web that could win prizes at any Halloween party. My perspective usually leaves my southern counterparts either with their jaws on the floor or howling with laughter. And I'm all like, "What?"
Since I quit my most recent job to stay home with my daughter, a decision that took nearly two years to finalize, you will be reading a lot about her and how extremely funny, smart, beautiful, witty and generally exceptional she is by every standard (note from the editor, DesertGirl may be biased).
My other consuming subject is running. I am nearly always training for a new race that I am REALLY excited about.
Hopefully I can share a few things from my days as a runner and housewife that can make other people relate, or at least get a hearty howl from one side of their mouth while the jaw on the other side hangs on the floor.
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