February in Texas

A week ago, we had four nights that dropped into the 20s. Yesterday it was 84.

J. Frank Dobie used to tell about a Texas cowboy who saw a front coming and tried to race home to the barn. He ran his horse so hard it lathered him, as they used to say. But he only beat the Norther by a head.

Inside the barn, the cowboy tended to his horse. He wiped sweat off the front quarters, and treated the hindquarters for frostbite.