busy yesterday, shopping for food

readying the homestead for storm

for, on our hill, we would soon

be snowbound

daughter took grandson

to his class in the city

caught in traffic jammed

behind an accident hours in clearing

moving feet rather than miles an hour

then, set free, waiting until road

cleared of sliding, erratic vehicles

to gain enough traction to drive home

five hours after starting out for home

our oregon is unaccustomed to blizzard