We had a winter storm where I live, and everything was coated in a sheet of ice. The communities around me shut down and were very quiet for a while. It took 4 days for the ice to melt off my driveway, which goes downhill to the road, so I stayed home. But on the third day I ventured out to take pumpkin muffins to a neighbor who was recovering from minor surgery. She wanted some baked treats. I had a small container of them in my hand as I made my way down the edge of the driveway that had thawed when I stepped on a patch of ice.