Good Snow and Bad Snow

Good snow is wonderful. It is sculpted, cleanly bright, refreshing to eye and soul, decorating tree and fence and porch, hiding blemishes and dressing all in royal, winter jewelry. It closes schools. Kids climb on it and slide down it. They dig into it, pile it and roll it into imaginary forms. Adults dash away to it and then shush down it with various levels of elegance and skill. The world is pure and cheeks are healthy.

Bad snow is like heavy, grey oil, slippery to foot and tire. It closes schools. Hiding parking spaces, filling driveways, blocking walks and doors, it narrows roads to single lane canyons, hiding intersections and sapping the will to travel. Shopping becomes exertion, travel becomes extremely hazardous, routine is routinely disrupted.