The simple joy of snow

I love the snow.

I love how it forces us to slow down and take pause.

I especially love how a good snowfall puts Washington, D.C. into panic mode, as it has again this week, causing federal office buildings to shut down.

I lived in the D.C. region for about eight years and the response to snow in the nation’s capital was way different from how it is in places like Pittsburgh.

You see, Washington,...