Coxsackie Creek runs low and brown in August and starts icing at the edges by December, and J & A Lawn Services works both ends of that year. Warm months mean mowing, trimming, edging and the spring and fall cleanups. Cold ones mean plowing, driveway and walkway clearing, and salting when the 9W hills glaze over before anyone is awake. The mornings after a long night are the ones that stick — headlights, steam coming off the blade, one drive after another opening up black behind the truck. Greene County doesn't hand out easy winters, which is precisely why a cleared path to somebody's door feels like something.