Sometimes we all need a hand
HandMADE Montana's sign couldn't withstand Thursday's blizzard forcing employee Summer Perkins to drag it inside. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
Last Thursday, I walked to work in a snowstorm. I walked home in a blizzard.
Wind-blasted and snow-stung, I headed south on Main Street and slipped in to HandMADE Montana, looking for something to save my neck and head from icing up. Owner Carol Lynn Lapotka wrapped me up in one of her handmade neck gaiters and I trudged onward. Fortunately, it was just six more blocks.
By the time I reached home, Hwy. 93 had closed to all but emergency travel, and temperatures were headed into the basement, which meant I needed to go there too. My basement – a dungeon, really – is where the plumbing lives or dies. So I turned on heaters and hoped for the best.
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