At two in the morning the bridges over the Passaic go quiet and the snow comes straight down, unhurried, filling in the tracks behind you. That is the hour J.kramer Landscaping & Snowplowing llc is out, running driveways and lots around the city and pushing back the hard ridge the city plow leaves across every apron. Walks get shoveled down to the pavement and salted so the morning holds no surprises. Nobody is awake to watch any of it, which is exactly the design — you look out the window and there is nothing left to do but leave. Cold hands, warm cab, one street after another until the light comes up gray over the water.