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January 29, 2015

“Snow Day” is civilization suspended.

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When I was two years old, or maybe four years old, it snowed in Las Vegas.
The snow covered the concrete and the sand, and the alleyways between the casinos downtown. Even though I’m sure the snow was only an inch or so deep, it made a big impression on the citizens of the city, who cancelled work and daily life and left their cars right in the street just to behold the sight. At least, this is how I remember it. I remember that everything felt stopped and strange, like it must when miracles occur — thrilling but inexplicable, everybody making shallow angels on the sidewalk and lobbing small, powdery snowballs at each other that would fall apart in mid-air.
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Posted by gerardvanderleun at January 29, 2015 7:37 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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