The Nordic Handyman

About The Nordic Handyman

January here has a particular blue hour, half past four in the afternoon, when the streetlights come on over snow that's been falling since noon. The Nordic Handyman is out in it — plowing Mount Lebanon driveways, shoveling walks and porch steps, laying de-icer at the bottom of the grade where runoff freezes solid. Storms tail in off Lake Erie and keep going for days, so clearing is less an event than a habit. Cold work rewards patience: come back, cut it again, keep the pavement dark. A cleared drive at the end of a short winter day is a small mercy.