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The snow felt like it was just going to keep coming,<\/strong><\/p>\n

like the news has been,<\/p>\n

but at least you can ski on snow.<\/p>\n

I pushed our shovel down the middle of the sidewalk,<\/p>\n

clearing a path,<\/p>\n

heaving piles of snow onto the parking strip.<\/p>\n

I mean, somebody was going to have to do it.<\/p>\n

I usually shovel the walk of the house next door too,<\/p>\n

and the other house, the other next door,<\/p>\n

because I might as well, while I\u2019m out there.<\/p>\n

Nathan lives four doors down, on the corner,<\/p>\n

and we don\u2019t have each other\u2019s phone numbers,<\/p>\n

but we wave when within waving distance,<\/p>\n

and stop and chat when within chatting distance.<\/p>\n

This afternoon, he was shoveling too,<\/p>\n

working his way toward me,<\/p>\n

clearing the walks of the two houses next to his.<\/p>\n

We met in the middle,<\/p>\n

leaning on our snow shovels,<\/p>\n

talking about many things,<\/p>\n

none of which were national news,<\/p>\n

or would even be considered newsworthy<\/p>\n

for anyone who didn\u2019t live on our block.<\/p>\n

They say to remember to touch grass every once in a while,<\/p>\n

which is what we say now<\/p>\n

to remind us to do three-dimensional things,<\/p>\n

real world things,<\/p>\n

the things we do<\/p>\n

when we set down our glowing rectangles.<\/p>\n

Sometimes you get a few weeks<\/p>\n

that feel like a hell of a few weeks,<\/p>\n

and you do what you can do,<\/p>\n

and maybe it doesn\u2019t feel like enough,<\/p>\n

but it\u2019s what you can do now,<\/p>\n

and your wheels are still spinning,<\/p>\n

and nothing you click on or scroll to<\/p>\n

seems to be the answer.<\/p>\n

But you remember<\/p>\n

that they said to remember<\/p>\n

to touch grass:<\/p>\n

You shovel some snow,<\/p>\n

you sweep the floor,<\/p>\n

you go for a run,<\/p>\n

you look up at some trees,<\/p>\n

you bake a cake,<\/p>\n

you talk to someone without using a keyboard to do it,<\/p>\n

you water some plants,<\/p>\n

you chop wood and carry water, as they say,<\/p>\n

and get some dirt under your fingernails,<\/p>\n

or feel the wind on your face,<\/p>\n

and make a tiny little scratch on the world that says,<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still here,<\/p>\n

for right now.<\/p>\n

I lost track of time talking to Nathan,<\/p>\n

finally pulled my gloved hand off my shovel handle,<\/p>\n

nudged my jacket cuff up to check my watch, and said,<\/p>\n

\u201cOh shit, I gotta go.\u201d<\/p>\n

I said a hasty goodbye,<\/p>\n

and jogged down the sidewalk I\u2019d half-shoveled,<\/p>\n

telling myself I\u2019d finish it later<\/p>\n

after I picked up my kid from day care,<\/p>\n

and tomorrow,<\/p>\n

more news would come,<\/p>\n

and more snow would fall,<\/p>\n

and I could decide what to shovel.<\/p>\n

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If you enjoyed this piece, please consider\u00a0supporting my work<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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