I was anything but thrilled at the prospect of a snowstorm that promised to bury the area in the stuff.

The day it was to hit, I left work early and found the roads already hard to navigate. By the time I reached home, it was clear no one was going anywhere. Since my husband and I are separated, that meant I was not just housebound but housebound alone.

The prospect for boredom was so oppressive, I was actually delighted when the phone rang. It was my next-door neighbor Ginny calling from out of town, where she and her husband were stuck for the time being because of the weather. She wanted me to go next door to check on her son, Steven, who was home from college for winter break. She’d gotten him on the phone, but he sounded distracted, and she was worried. I figured she was being overly cautious, but... Read More