Editor’s Message

I thought the winter storm last year was quite enough and wanted to treat it like an every 50-years snow event, but here come the low temperatures again.

There was a time when I thought winter was cute and fun around Christmas– until Winter Storm Goliath. Oh and there was that storm I went through back some years ago when I lived in Paris, Texas. The electricity at my home was out for five days beginning on Christmas day. Age cures that “winter can be fun notion, and since I no longer snow ski, winter can find another location and let spring inch in early. Of course, snowfalls are

Of course, snowfalls are beautiful and make for a pretty and serene landscape – until you have to walk the drive or make a trip to the store, or worse, feed cattle.

My friend in the north is amused at my Texas views on winter and the yearning for another 70-degree weekend – like the one we had a couple of weeks ago. Texas weather may be dyslexic, but it is our weather, and we will keep it.

We are used to doing the milk and bread dash when a storm is headed our way, though a store can look like “The Purge: Winter Storm Edition.”

Then are the drivers – Texans were never meant to drive on ice, but to say our driving is bad in the winter only is a bit of a reach. From all indications, we drive badly all the time! Who needs blinkers or speed limits when you live in rural Texas?

The redeeming part of living in Texas, is that most of these winter events disappear pretty quickly (I hope this one does as well). Thanks to our Texas sunshine, we can get a melt off in a matter of hours. In the end, I am a diehard

In the end, I am a diehard springtime person – so let winter move further north where it belongs. One winter event a year is

One winter event a year is quite enough.