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…