A winter idyl.(The Straggler)(clearing snow)(Column)

National Review | December 31, 2003| | Copyright

THE first few flakes came down in mid morning. By noon it was clear the stuff was settling. Watching from the window of my study, I started mentally going through my snow checklist: Boots oiled? Wood chopped? Shovel? Salt? Gloves? By mid afternoon we had had four or five inches and I was out there shoveling. Yes, I possess a mechanical snow blower, but that is not a happy story.

There are many aspects of American life that I have never fully adjusted to. Gasoline, for example. Sure, I have stopped calling it "petrol," but I have never taken on board the American ...

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