The thing about digging out of a foot of snow is that you can't do it fast. No, you've lived long enough to know that some things take time, and this job is one of them. So you get your shovel and salt, as I did after a recent snowfall, and you get dressed in your warmest layers and sturdiest boots, so that you feel…
Recently I went to a superstore to replenish my stock of rock salt. They always carry everything - including the kitchen sink - but not this time. Here it is January, in the far, frozen north, with snowplows on the prowl, and aching backs everywhere you turn -and they were out of rock salt. On the bright side, they did have all the grass seed…
The township trucks rattle past my kitchen window these days, hauling last month's Christmas trees. There are displays of Slim-Fast at the front of every grocery store, while candy hearts wait their turn a few aisles in. It must be a new year. Time to go around the track again. I last checked in six weeks ago, on December 1st, when I reached the end…