Snow falling straight down through a streetlight on a still Oswego night makes the whole village look newly invented. Arbeen Landscaping is out in that hush, working the low ground along Waubonsie Creek where the cold pools and the walks glaze over first. Plowing, shoveling and ice control are the whole of the winter, run in loops so nobody wakes up to a wall at the end of the drive. There is a particular satisfaction in the sound a blade makes when it finally reaches concrete. By morning the only proof of the night is how easily everyone leaves.