After living through 80 winters
and 80 summers, I’ve come to
prefer winters. I like the challenges
of the cold compared to the challenges
of the heat. I like barely needing to use
any heat in winter, a survival thing with
more blankets more clothes, and I like
how invigorating the cold is compared
to how sluggish the heat can make me.
I feel you probably prefer the summers,
and there was a time I did too. But now
that I’m older, I long for the winters in
the hot days of the summers. Maybe I’m
an anomaly because at my age one’s
body can have less resistance to the
cold, but I like and embrace it, and I can’t
wait for winter and the cold to come again.
Bob Boyd