The haunting horror of the hunt

Where is summer? It seems that just a few weeks ago we welcomed the bone warming heat of the summer sun, and now the mild and gentle feel of fall has befallen us. Golf, gardening and picnics will soon end as the days shorten, nights cool and we settle into the comforting predictability of the school year. Hopefully we have a ways to go before fall fully materializes, but two or three years ago Mark and I left town amidst a warm early October, and returned home a week later to frost-killed tomato bushes and gardens that showed little sign of life. It could happen again!

As the seasons transitio...