View from the North 40: Winter brings out the best in me

To know me is to know that I have a contrariness to my nature.

For better or worse. From birth till in death do I part. Some piece of me will yin to another’s yang, will yes because there was a no, will advocate the devil’s side. Yes, it will even prompt me to speak nice of my old nemesis, winter.

I know that sounds like crazy talk from me, the person who once said that winter is a boil on the backside of existence. But I can assure you that, yes, I said nice things, genuinely nice things about winter.

I blame my co-workers.

We have this new guy who moved up here from mild, southerl...