Just after Christmas, a friend came by to say she had lost a mitten while visiting us, had we found it? We did not. It began snowing soon after that, snow followed by frigid arctic air. This morning, I found the glove, it was out by the car in the driveway, the temperature is creeping up into the 40’s and some of the snow has begun to melt, revealing layers of thick ice and dirt. I feel like an archeologist uncovering an ancient civilization, artifacts popping up out of the ground.

I wonder if she still wants the glove.