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Year One: Minneapolis
Creating a new home in the Midwest
1 year ago today I eagerly opened the door to my new home in Minneapolis. After having driven across the Western US to get here, I arrived with all of my possessions — two suitcases filled with clothes.
The drive back to my native Midwest from Southern California was leisurely and still familiar. 23 years before I made the same drive — in the opposite direction. It was time now for my next chapter.
In these 12 months since I got to Minneapolis, I slowly turned my empty apartment into a new home here. Also a number of other things happened…
Here’s a preview of the finished product.
Everything and Nothing
Because the urban loft style of my new place was completely different than that of where I had lived previously, before I left, I donated all of my SoCal furniture to a young couple who were just starting out there.
Actually, I donated almost everything I owned. In California my office had three walls of books — precious possessions. These books were packed and shipped to Minneapolis.
