Moe's shoveling

About Moe's shoveling

A lake-effect squall can reach Oronoko Charter Township near midnight and leave six inches on the front steps by breakfast. Moe's shoveling handles the parts of that no plow can reach — walkways, steps, porches, the path from the door to the car, the cut out to the mailbox, salt laid down where ice sets up. It is shovel work, done by hand, one property at a time. There is something old and satisfying about a cleared walk with square shoulders and bare concrete showing through. Neighbors in Berrien Springs and out toward Eau Claire step outside without thinking twice, which is exactly the idea.