I spent a lot of time in North Dakota. A university in a small state and a small community was probably great for me. I could concentrate on what I valued without the overhead required by a more complicated environment. I traveled a lot – every state and nearly every province – but the setting in which I lived was very predictable.
I have retired in a way that changes this. I now live in a suburb of Minneapolis and also spend a lot of time in a remote area of northern Wisconsin. A diversity of people and cultures in one location and trees in the other.
Today, I was on my daily walk around the neighborhood and encountered a cricket match in our local park. First time I have watched cricket in person and it was especially cool to watch a pickup game.
