The Ditch in Front of Us
As a teenager in Ketchum, Oklahoma, I owned a hybrid. Not an electric/gas hybrid, but a hybrid of parts from a Ford Maverick and a Mercury Comet. My parents provided it for me and I was grateful. One winter day, following classes at Ketchum High, it had snowed and the Ketchum streets were iced over. I pulled out of the parking lot and as I approached the highway that ran next to the school, the car in front of me slid to a quick stop. I hit my brakes, only to begin slidi
