To the Editor:

Here we are , still weeks away from any hope of spring, having exhausted our leisure time activities of  shoveling snow followed by baking cookies, playing board games,  reading   or watching way too much TV/Netflix. . .

Let’s pause to remember those and be grateful for who have made this enforced “leisure,” more bearable:

*The guys on the utility poles who maintain our electricity, phone, and cable  services

*The drivers of heavy plows and sanders rumbling through the night while we’re snug in our beds

*Volunteer firefighters and EMTs, ever at-the-ready to rescue us

*Local merchants who provide us with provisions to make our lives more comfortable.

OK, now, get back to dusting the houseplants, sharpening dull knives, and filling the salt shakers.

Louise Zierzow

1 Alder Lane, Sandy Hook               February 18, 2015