When we told people we were packing up our suburban life near Baton Rouge, Louisiana and moving to Woodville, Mississippi, we were met with blank stares, puzzled looks and, eventually, the question “Why?'“ This blog documents our adventures and answers to that “Why” each day we spend in our rural community.
In 2015, Mike and I began entertaining the idea of purchasing my grandmother’s house and property in downtown Woodville, Mississippi, a 40-minute drive from our suburban life near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We purchased the house in 2016 but weren’t sure how we were going to renovate it (lots of termite damage as well as roof and foundation issues). Through a series of events during the next two years, we purchased the adjacent property and made the move into its 1930s bungalow in November 2018.
When we told people we were moving, we were met with blank stares, puzzled looks and, eventually, the question “Why Woodville?'“ This blog documents our adventure as each day we discover the people and places in our rural community that answer that question.
It is our hope that you will also come to love the people and places of Woodville, Mississippi through this site and will visit our town some day.
