We had a mild day last week: slush and puddles everywhere. Then the temperature dropped. Today the high is supposed to be minus 21, with a wind chill making it much colder. But it’s easy to dress for cold temperatures. It’s harder to walk when every horizontal surface is covered with ice. I used to have a pair of slip-on cleats, but they wore out. So this afternoon I walked to work oh-so-carefully, slowly picking my way across the ice. I arrived intact, still vertical, unbroken. I wish the same for every other winter pedestrian. Don’t fall.
