Snow and Solitude

(Photo by Cheryl-Anne Millsap)

After teasing us for weeks, winter finally swept in and across Washington State, carpeting Seattle before crossing the Cascades to settle on Spokane.

As I shoveled the driveway and sidewalks, clearing away the day's accumulation, I was reminded of the gifts of silence and solitude that sometimes fall with snow.

You can read my Spokesman-Review column here: The Solitude of Snow