The school buses come early in Holt, and a driveway has to be open before they do. McQueen Landscaping plows to that clock across Delhi Charter Township, working through the dark while Holt Community Park lies untouched under new snow a few streets over. Drives, turnarounds, the walk to the front door and the walk out to the street all get cleared and salted so the morning goes off without a slip. Snow here is heavy and wet as often as it is light, and the wet kind is what separates a plan from a hope. Every route ends the same way: open pavement, and a household that never had to think about it.