Endless Battles

There are some winter battles that are endlessly waged, even though you know they won’t be won until winter ends.

• My neighbor in Kaunas shoveling the walkway from his house to the street and the sidewalk in front of his house after every snowfall.
• City employees clearing streets and sidewalks of snow and laying down sand and ice.
• Janitorial staff, sales clerks and even baristas cleaning the floor of slush, snow, ice and dirt tracked in by customers.
• My attempts to style my hair in a way that doesn’t just end up in “hat hair” after wearing my wool cap.

Kaunas city crew clearing the sidewalk after another snowfall

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