Skiing the Beach

In the blogosphere, nobody pays attention to beginnings--unless what progresses from such a beginning becomes striking enough that the masses are inspired to go back. To investigate. To see from where all the brilliance originated.

Oh, and we will be brilliant. You'll come back to us, to this post, where our editor-in-chief--David Gessner--sets the tone for this online companion to Ecotone, UNCW's national literary journal.

What is an ecotone? Well, technically it's this. And as you'll see, it's also this: