Winter Snows

 I don't know why but I am always surprised by how peaceful the city gets when it snows.

The snow seems to absorb all the street noise.  The barking dogs are taken in and the boy street racers put up their cars and motorcycles until the spring. No more being kept awake until 3 and 4 am listening to them racing up and down Cedar street.

Sometimes it gets so still that you'd think you were a hundred miles away from civilization. But then, in the morning, you see the tracks of the dog walkers. And hear the shovels and snowblowers put to their work. But it is nice to have these few months of peace and quiet.