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The Sweet Air, Ann Braley Smith
The Sweet Air, Ann Braley Smith
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
1. April
1986: Wind melds sky turns to rain turns to snow turns to white closes in.
A South Dakota blizzard is a shape-shifter, undulating, hiding, revealing little of what lies beneath. In its aftermath, fallen snow is delicate, ephemeral. It quells noise, erases the line between earth and sky. It envelops sound: footsteps, passing vehicle, a runaway dog, cannot shatter this silence. The tired scraping of a metal shovel against idewalk is the only thing penetrating the quiet, quiet hush, as I wade through snow in my Sorels, clearing the walk. Breathing in, I feel my nostrils sting. I …