Warm Home in the Bitter Valley: A Winter Tale

A childhood memory from our home in an old British Columbian mining town.

Photo by Stéphane Juban on Unsplash

The wind whips against the window as snow blinds us to the neighbours across the street. There’s no world beyond our windows; it’s pure white and bitter. The storm is trying its best to tear through our home that’s nestled in an old gold mining town in a British Columbian valley. The powers out, and the house is freezi…