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com. Work's dot com. When I was a kid we actually have pictures of us the snow was so

deep this time of year that we climbed on top of the snow. The snow

was so deep this time of year that we climbed on top of the snow banks along the side of the road, and we were taller than the street signs.

And when I moved to Denver 25 years ago, we usually got four to six inches of snow,

three to four times a month, December, January, February.

The wind would kick up swirling vortexes of snow

and build large drifts along the sides of the road.

In the spring, it would thaw and freeze,

making a thick icy top

that me and my father used to crust light on. I vividly remember that when I was little

we often had first snow around Thanksgiving and my mother has mentioned that we occasionally had snow as late as

Easter. Winters in this little valley were quiet, the snow blanket lying deep over the old fields for months at a time.

I grew up in this area my whole life.

I grew up in Niagara Falls.

I was a senior, the Blizzard of 77, senior in high school.

And our graduation was delayed until almost the 4th of July because of the snow.

This is on point. I'm Meghna Chakrabardi. And sure, snow can be a pain in the butt, I know. But for folks who grew up with long winters snow also carries memory with it of

Ethereal beauty hard slogs and hard times overcome of crystalline joy.

You see, I grew up in a place

with a pretty temperate, very rainy winter.

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