Round on the Ends, Hi in the Middle

Two of my favorite bloggers had a totally unplanned meeting of the minds tonight. Both of them filed field reports from their current sojourns in Ohio, though one is a country mouse and the other is all city. It also just so happens that both of them are back in the Buckeye State after having lived there before, been away for a while, and now returned to see it with some fresh eyes. Both entries are delicious reads, serenely detailed like a chapbook story in the case of Dr. S, who's finally got that blog we've all waited for her to have (woo-hoo!). Meanwhile, Safire keeps honing her game of cutting culture, family life, and regional moods all to the absolute quick, in her uniquely amazing way of being gut-bustingly funny (comma) yo while also saying something truly provocative. Why both women are not (yet) writing for a national magazine with a big, broad readership... well, search me. We'll be able to say we knew them when.