We relocated from suburban Philadelphia to the Triangle in North Carolina, aka the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill region, at the end of 2018. Such major household moves come with a fair bit of trepidation, of course, and not everything went according to plan—the pandemic, especially, upended everything.
Our slice of paradise, as I call it, is a suburban setting with rural flourishes, about as far from the “big city,” aka Raleigh, as we once were from Philly. “Derm,” as Durham is pronounced by longtime locals, is a little closer—but just a little. Our corner of the Triangle is reminiscent of the Pennsylvania of my youth, southeastern Montgomery County, before it got overbuilt. Strip malls have yet to sprout on every corner, in other words. Trees and green fields are everywhere. Deer, too.
When I think it through, however, what I love most about where I now live is the same as when we were up north. Our home in the country wouldn’t be “home” without my wife Diane and our Tyler the Tyrant Cat, who’s 16 going on 17 and increasingly bossy by the day.
The Old Grey Cat 
Jeff,
How does the weather suit you compared to what you had in SE PA? Have you done a dive into the local music scene?
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Jeff
How does the weather suit you all compared to SE PA? Have you done a dive into the music scene there?
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The weather is similar, but with a short spring and long summer. Same humidity!
I almost mentioned the music scene in my piece – many of our favorites, sad to say, skip the area. But we do have tix for Emmylou next month and the Staves in November, and have enjoyed a fair number of concerts.
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Humidity!! I have it over here in Tennessee too. Are you familiar Kenny Roby/Six String Drag, The Backsliders, Two Dollar Pistols? That area had the alt country thing happening a few years back.
Also, off topic, but I love that Buzz Zeemer Lost and Found record.
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