Behind the Headlines

I finished snow-blowing my driveway about a half-hour ago, but it looks like the blowing snow is just about done undoing my work.

It will be interesting to see what the place looks like early tomorrow morning as I try to maneuver my way down the drive to the frozen lumps the plows will leave behind.

It makes me wonder what the old-timers did back in the days when they had to make it into town to do some shopping at the dry-goods store. Or did they just hunker down for days and only venture out together with ropes linking them together so they didn’t lose their way.

I think I recall a story from my history lessons where they found a whole family that had frozen in the snow with ropes linking them together and, ironically, they were only a few steps from their door.

Of course, they found them in the spring when the minister came to inquire as to why they hadn’t been attending church.