California Leavin'

Melancholy, memories, and moving to Minnesota

I am no longer a Californian.

Such an odd sentence. After all, I am New Jersey born and raised, but I spent more time in California than any other state, longer even than my childhood. I became a Californian in a way that very few states allow: Embrace the place, and ye shall be accepted.

And now I’m gone. Gone to St. Paul, Minnesota, a city where I liv…