Wintry

The highway road sign said “Wintry Conditions”

January 22, 2026 a large snow storm dumped 18 inches of the white stuff in the Providence RI area.

I remember snow storms when I was young. I’d go sledding at my friend’s housethat had a hill. When we got too cold to stay out, we’d go warm up inside with somehot chocolate.

The 1978 Blizzard happened the day before I turned 12 years old.
I woke up to hear: No school
Yet we couldn’t go out. The next day the only door we could go out was the back porch door.

We went out to unbury the cars.
A huge Backhoe truck made passes to clear the snow.
There were some people that got trapped in the storm.
It was two weeks until school opened again.

People walked up the street to the convenient store.
We enjoyed stopping and talking to our neighbors.

With this latest storm, I noticed some kids sledding at the playing field hill.
On the way to an appointment, My daughter pointed out a deer in Lincoln Woods park.

I did a couple of Pen and Ink drawings, which you can see below.

Best,
LG

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