I remember the days when it really snowed. We lived in Massachusetts and had a second home in NH. We had years when you could not see the homes on the roads for the snow banks and in those days people did not come and clear your driveway, the husband came home from work and shoveled snow. Our kids could not wait to get into their winter gear to get out in the snow to shovel for the neighbors and come in exhausted and hungry and happy. Our second home was in ski country and we would take off every weekend so that the kids could ski. It was a great atmosphere, we knew everybody and almost every afternoon would be a party in the lodge while waiting for the kids. We have wonderful memories of those times. Cross country skiing on the lake.
Now my children have people who clear their driveway and shovel their paths. They tell me that the snow today is so light and dry you can sweep it off the front steps. No snow banks today.
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