I sat in my reading chair and looked out the window. The snow had started overnight, and the forecast was for it to continue well into the morning. I was so excited. We almost never got snow out here on Maryland"s Eastern Shore, and I loved snow, especially if it snowed me in, which was the case today. All of St. Marin"s was basically shut down because, well, because we didn"t have a snowplow. The town had never invested in one, and I had to say that seemed wise to me. Now, all of us could just stay in and read with hot cocoa and extra marshmallows.
Many of my neighbors were not of my perspective, though, my mother included. She had texted no fewer than nine times to lament how awful it was that she couldn"t get out. After the ninth message, I had replied, "Urgent meeting today? Medicatio
