[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT: lost in a snowy night

[janaleen]

wow that would have been very scarey for you snow makes everthing sound 
different doesn't it hugs janaleen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maria From Australia" <bubbygirl1972 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT: lost in a snowy night


> Thank you for sharing that article. Sounded a bit scary.
>
> Blessings!  Maria and my guide Karly  email bubbygirl1972 at gmail.com
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 2 Jan 2014, at 3:14 pm, "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Totally off topic for crafts but I just could not resist!
>>
>> You are my friends and I wanted to share this. It has been snowing for 
>> days
>> here in northeastern Ohio with no end to the snow in sight. Every step
>> outside is an adventure. Tonight when I was taking my dog out in the 
>> snow, I
>> remembered that years ago I had been actually lost in the snow and the
>> experience affected me so deeply that I wrote a piece about it. thought 
>> I'd
>> share it with you. those of you who live in snowy parts of the world will
>> probably relate to it and those of you who don't have snow can be 
>> thankful
>> that you don't!
>>
>>
>>
>> Cathy F
>>
>>
>>
>> Lost In a Snowy Night
>>
>> December 2004
>>
>> It started out to be a simple trip out to the curb with a full dumpster 
>> of
>> garbage, but ended up being a rather unsettling adventure.  It was 
>> snowing
>> fairly hard as I dragged the trash from the garage and started down the
>> driveway.  I was surprised at the amount of snow that had collected on 
>> the
>> driveway and with the usual slight depressions, bumps and rough spots on 
>> the
>> driveway hidden under the snow; I found it difficult to be sure if I was
>> continuing straight down the driveway.  Quickly the echoing sound of my
>> steps from the opened garage faded and I could hear only the hiss of snow
>> falling and somewhere far away the muffled sound of traffic.  I kept 
>> moving
>> carefully along feeling with my feet for the ridge of snow piled up that
>> would indicate the side of the driveway.  But I couldn't find it. So I
>> turned hopefully in another direction and tripped over a pile of snow 
>> that
>> looked more like a snowman than a bank of snow at the side of the 
>> driveway.
>> Mildly frustrated now, I turned in another direction, still feeling with 
>> my
>> feet for the flat surface of the driveway, or perhaps by now it was the
>> street. I listened but no cars passed, no friendly neighbors opened a 
>> Dorr
>> so that I might call for help.  The only sound continued to be the 
>> hissing
>> snow.  Finally I stood still straining to hear any identifiable sound 
>> like a
>> flag clanking against its pole or a tree blowing in the wind.  I decided
>> that I would try to find a house and thus orient myself. What I heard was
>> the sound of a rattling trash bag. Ok, I thought I will head for that and
>> then know that I am on the street in front of the house of some neighbor.
>> By now, I had abandoned my own dumpster somewhere behind me in the snow. 
>> I
>> headed for and located the trash can.  I attempted to walk around it to
>> determine which direction led to the street and which to the neighbors'
>> driveway. Finally I determined where I thought the street was and began 
>> to
>> walk, but in which direction I still didn't know. Was I on my side of the
>> street or the opposite side? Was I heading for my house or away from it? 
>> It
>> was perplexing and I was becoming cold.  Then I remembered that in my 
>> pocket
>> I had my Braille compass, the one I had just received for Christmas. 
>> Taking
>> it out of my pocket I attempted to read it which was difficult with my 
>> hands
>> so cold I could barely feel a thing.  Finally however I was able to
>> determine via the compass in which direction I was facing.  I shuffled
>> carefully through the snow till I came to a flat space indicating that I 
>> had
>> likely come to the end of a driveway at the edge of the rode. I followed 
>> the
>> snow bank slowly up the driveway till I found cars parked and could hear
>> that a large object, likely a house was nearby.  So far, so good, but it
>> wasn't my house I knew because I did not have a car in my driveway and my
>> garage was open.  So I made my way back down the driveway following the 
>> snow
>> bank again to the road. I checked my direction again with the compass and
>> again started walking along the road. Still no cars and no sound. But
>> finally I came to another cleared space and my spirits rose hoping that 
>> this
>> time I would be in my own driveway.  You can imagine my delight when I 
>> heard
>> the echoing sound of my feet in the opened garage entrance. I was home 
>> and
>> thanks in large part to my Braille compass. I had thought the compass 
>> might
>> come in handy someday if I got lost, but certainly didn't expect it to
>> happen just a day after I received it, and I certainly didn't expect to 
>> get
>> lost in my own front yard.
>>
>>
>>
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