Brown willy worm

Well we have been cutting wood getting our wood supply ready for the winter and lo and behold what goes crawling across the road on the way home the other day but a brown willy worm. Totally brown no black whatsoever.  So if they old saying is true that means a warm winter right?  If so I guess we can use the wood to cook with while we have bondfires all winter if the burn ban ever gets lifted that is.