The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

Heavy snows and cloudy skies highlighted a rather difficult week of getting out and about. Driving was an exercise in caution regarding the drifting and blowing snow. The whites and grays of consecutive snowfalls and dismal skies blended to form a monochromatic and featureless landscape. It always helps to see the edge of the road while driving, but even that became difficult due to lack of contrast.

Polarized sunglasses were somewhat helpful but could not solve the dilemma entirely. Blowing snow, still on the move from earlier storms, quickly filled in previously plowed dips and curv...