blizzard conditions

Yesterday we had inventory at work, and I had to go in early. It was dark, and the snowstorm was ongoing. Rutland seemed like some sort of Arctic frontier. I drove home from work later than usual, and the conditions were the same, dark with wind and snow, blizzard conditions. It reminded me of a time many years ago when I pulled into Newport, Vermont late at night at this time of year. It was a dark and desolate time with the feeling of being on the borderlands of the civilized world.