sarahmichigan | A *real* northerner's guide to snow shoveling

I recently had another article published, "A real northerner's guide to snow shoveling." Pretty good timing, as we got socked with snow here in southeast Michigan. I think we got something like 3 inches between noon Friday and this morning, and then it's been snowing steadily all day, for maybe another 3-4 inches of accumulation. Luckily, it's pretty fluffy, but it was still enough snow that J. took one half-hour pass this morning and then I spent nearly another 50 minutes doing a second pass late this afternoon.

The article has a rather embarrassing typo on the second page (I swear that the editing team either inserted it or made it worse by high-lighting it ...) but otherwise, I'm fairly proud of it.

Excerpt:

Have you read other guides to snow shoveling and thought, "What planet does this guy live on?

For instance, I've read that you should always push and never lift or twist when you shovel. That advice makes me wonder where the author lives and how many inches of snow he's used to shoveling. Pushing rather than lifting is ideal, but it's not always possible, especially if you have six or more inches of really heavy, wet snow.

I grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and have lived in some part of Michigan my entire life (with the exception of about nine months in Tennessee). So, here, you'll read advice from someone who actually has spent her entire life in the Great White North and knows one or two things about how to shovel snow efficiently while not giving yourself a heart attack.