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The radiator hissing
The whirring hum of the floor heater
Howling wind
Bare branches clacking like some spooky typist
Groaning, cracking sheet ice on the river
The crackling, popping and hissing of a fire
Coffee gurgling in the pot
Clink of a teaspoon against bone china
Scraping of skates against fresh ice
Skis swishing through snow
Frozen feet stamping
The muffled thump of mittened hands slapping one another for warmth
The ker-thump! of a snowball hitting its target
The slhllllllump! of a wet pile of snow slithering off a roof
Crunch of feet across salt/gravel
I know that some of you — lucky things! — live in warm places, or places where our North American winter is your summer
What does winter sound like where you live?
