Thanksgiving Snow Days

One of the things I enjoy about a good snowfall in Seattle is how it shuts things down. We live a block off an arterial road, and when we’ve had a good snow fall, the volume of traffic drops significantly. There were occasional cars on it yesterday, but mostly just the big trucks interspersed with stretches of quiet. Today – probably due to the holiday since I’m not sure the road is really all that much safer – the cars and their constant hum are back. Snow provides an excuse. I’m behind on my pre-holiday to-do list because it was …