Really a resident

I always wanted to live in Min­nesota — as far back as I can remember.

I loved vaca­tion­ing up north and spent each sum­mer antic­i­pat­ing the trip up north and sat in the back seat of the sta­tion wagon cry­ing each time our week up north was over and we were dri­ving back home through the woods in Cass County.

I always wanted a green Min­neapo­lis Start Tri­bune box for my mail­box, an out­side ther­mome­ter with car­di­nals on it, and, one of those loon license plates.

Last week I got my third wish.

Despite the fact I will never give up Nebraska cit­i­zen­ship, after about twenty years, I’m start­ing to feel a lit­tle more Minnesotan.