A gentle storm came.  snow enveloped all of town. Alan took out the old shovel and cleaned out the driveway for his mom. He would be sore from that he knew as he drove to Larry's diner for breakfast.

"You must be hungry." the waitress commented at Alan ordering three eggs...

Sam ran the  cafe like a home. It was made easier by the fact that he and the wife ran the cafe together. That along with the fact that their  Apartment sat on top of the cafe. Growing up in the  suburbs , Sam had never imagined he'd be living...

Except for one month, I wrote everyday for 12 years. I remember vividly the winter afternoon I stopped such a habit. It was a few days after my 36th birthday. I'd taken the day off from work. And just like on any day off from work I had been lazily...

I was already too drunk. And the roads were treacherous.

Dane was probably too drunk as well, but when he offered to drive I said, okay let's go.

Sarah Winslett was having a party and it was about ten minutes away in normal conditions. With this snow and the fact that we...

When I saw my blood on the snow I realized it was the first time I'd ever seen it. Blood stained snow.

Growing up in Michigan  winters I'd seen all kinds of other mixtures. Dog shit on snow. Motor oil on snow. Piss on snow. But I was amazed to have...

"Snow seems to be a thing of the past for December . I used to remember these storms that would lock us in for days as a kid."

We drove on slushy roads. Snow had fallen yesterday but the temperature today was already low enough that it wouldn't last.

"Do you miss...