So I live in Lafayette now

As I bemoaned leaving Minneapolis in the spring, as the trees and I were blossoming with relief, my mom wisely said, "Spring is a hard time to leave a place, but it's a good time to move to a new place, too." We sauntered between Lafayette's gritty concrete and luscious magnolias and learned the long way back to my apartment. Seeking green, celebrating green, zeroing-in on green, Lafayette has become real to me.

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