Out toward the Clarence line, where Ransom Creek slips under the road and the houses thin out, a clear January night gets cold enough to show every star. Snow tends to follow those nights, usually by morning. SN landscaping and snow plowing runs the plow through it — driveways opened end to end, the wall the town plow leaves at the mouth broken through, walks shoveled and salt down on the steps. Long country drives take patience and a second pass; short village drives take precision. Either way the aim is one simple thing, which is that the car goes out without a fight.