The Williams River runs straight through the middle of West Stockbridge, and in July the village lawns beside it stay greener than they have any right to. Pilling Landscaping Inc keeps that ground mowed and edged, the trimming close, the spring and fall cleanups hauled off before the weather turns its shoulder. Then the Berkshire hills do what they do, and the same crew is out plowing driveways off Route 41 with the headlights full of falling white. Card Lake takes its ice, the village goes quiet, and the measure of a good night is a shoveled walk and a driveway you can back out of without thinking. Small town, plain work: grass in the summer, snow in the winter, and somebody showing up either way.