KINDNESS IS LIKE SNOW: IT BEAUTIFIES EVERYTHING IT COVERS

Two nights ago it was snowing again, kramsnö this time as the Swedes call it. Kram means hug. Hug snow! The kind that sticks, the kind that you lift your face up for and stick your tongue out to. The kind that mashes down just right in your mittened hands to form a perfect snowball; the kind that you can roll about the yard in serpentine trails that lead to a snowman’s body and torso and head. We’ve had an awful lot of the powder snow, the light glittery kind that sifts and blows and shines like diamonds in any...