View from the North 40: Where greed can take you

I recently recognized the fact that I’ve been working my way through the five stages of greed.

All I can say is that not all of life’s progress is in a positive direction.

I’d like to blame my office’s personal benefactor, the cookie lady, who is, after all, a sweet little old cookie pusher. So I do.

She has grandma-style old-fashioned manners, which mean she has her own wiliness. It’s like that social media challenge “How do you tell me (something), without actually telling me the (something).”

For example, you might pose the question, “How do you tell me it’s really cold outside, without tel...