Category Archives: snow

trip up

The white chill smeared like clotted lard over the fields and roads, clogging highways making travel dangerous, if not impossible. Consultations with the weather channel predicted roadside emergencies and abandoned cars half buried in snow drifts.  Yesterday’s dark muddy fields … Continue reading

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snow sounds

Breath stands off your face like your personal cloud; air invades your mouth like hardrock riccochet, scrapes skin like a molten rasp; your winter gear is rigid as the ice underfoot, while snow squeals under the boot. Puffy clouds lie … Continue reading

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crisp

Just stepped out the side door for a moment: damn near wiped out; not the footing — hell, I’m agile as a cat when it comes to that — no, it was the friggin’ wind: swirled in under the car … Continue reading

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